"key performance indicator" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: key performance indicators [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} key performance indicator (plural key performance indicators)
  1. (management) A financial or non-financial metric used to help an organization define and measure progress towards its goals. Wikipedia link: key performance indicator Categories (topical): Management Synonyms: KPI Derived forms: KPI Related terms: critical success factor (english: CSF), key risk indicator (alt: KRI), performance metric Translations (metric used to measure progress towards organizational goals): 關鍵績效指標 (Chinese Mandarin), 关键绩效指标 (alt: guānjiàn jìxiào zhǐbiāo (mainland China) or guānjiàn jīxiào zhǐbiāo (Taiwan)) (Chinese Mandarin), ŝlosila rendimenta indikilo (Esperanto), avaintulosmittari (Finnish), indicateur clé de performance [masculine] (French), Leistungskennzahl [feminine] (German), 重要業績評価指標 (jūyō gyōseki hyōka shihyō) (Japanese), ключево́й показа́тель эффекти́вности (ključevój pokazátelʹ effektívnosti) [masculine] (Russian), КПЭ (KPE) [masculine] (Russian), indicador clave de rendimiento [masculine] (Spanish), nyckeltal [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-key_performance_indicator-en-noun-HKcAmtxQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Topics: management

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