Method for evaluating activity-based costs of a company
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1. A method for allocating costs of a company, the method comprising:
- providing a computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server, the server communicating via a network with a plurality of client computers, each client computer running a browser;
storing a company profile, including information on a plurality of activities performed by employees of the company and information about employees of the company;
displaying a survey including a list of the plurality of activities performed by employees of the company on the browser of at least one of the plurality of client computers, the survey further including input fields for receiving data entered by a user of the at least one of the plurality of client computers;
receiving inputs entered into said input fields from the at least one of the plurality of client computers, the inputs comprising a plurality of relative rankings of the plurality of activities performed by an employee;
displaying the plurality of relative rankings on a computer monitor;
calculating an employee cost of each activity of the plurality of activities based on the received plurality of relative rankings, wherein the plurality of relative rankings are based on the plurality of activities being ranked according to a first amount of time an employee spends to perform a corresponding first activity of the plurality of activities relative to other amounts of time the employee spends to perform the other activities of the plurality of activities, and the calculating includes converting each relative ranking of the received plurality of relative rankings into a time the employee spends performing each corresponding activity; and
displaying on the computer monitor the calculated employee cost of each activity of the plurality of activities.
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Abstract
Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide a survey tool for allocating costs of a company. A survey is presented to an employee of the company via a network, for example, the Internet. The survey includes a list of activities and asks the employee to rank the activities based on the amount of time spent working on the activities. The survey also prompts the employee to provide information including average hours worked per week, job position, etc. A server receives the employee'"'"'s responses and, using company information stored by the server, allocates costs of the company.
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1. A method for allocating costs of a company, the method comprising:
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providing a computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a server, the server communicating via a network with a plurality of client computers, each client computer running a browser; storing a company profile, including information on a plurality of activities performed by employees of the company and information about employees of the company; displaying a survey including a list of the plurality of activities performed by employees of the company on the browser of at least one of the plurality of client computers, the survey further including input fields for receiving data entered by a user of the at least one of the plurality of client computers; receiving inputs entered into said input fields from the at least one of the plurality of client computers, the inputs comprising a plurality of relative rankings of the plurality of activities performed by an employee; displaying the plurality of relative rankings on a computer monitor; calculating an employee cost of each activity of the plurality of activities based on the received plurality of relative rankings, wherein the plurality of relative rankings are based on the plurality of activities being ranked according to a first amount of time an employee spends to perform a corresponding first activity of the plurality of activities relative to other amounts of time the employee spends to perform the other activities of the plurality of activities, and the calculating includes converting each relative ranking of the received plurality of relative rankings into a time the employee spends performing each corresponding activity; and displaying on the computer monitor the calculated employee cost of each activity of the plurality of activities. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for allocating costs of a company, the method comprising:
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storing on a computer memory a company profile, including activity information on a plurality of activities performed by employees of the company and job information corresponding to a job position in a job category, the job information including a midpoint salary and the number of employees of the company assigned to the job position; presenting a survey to a user interface on a computer display, the survey having a plurality of input fields for receiving data input by a user receiving from the user interface an identification of the job position of an employee; presenting on the survey a list of activities performed by the employee; receiving an input including a rank assigned to an activity on the presented list of activities performed by the employee, the rank being a relative ranking based on the amount of time the employee spends on said activity relative to the amount of time spent on other activities on the presented list of activities performed by the employee; calculating by a computer an employee cost of each activity based on the received rank and the stored job information; and displaying on the computer display the received rank and calculated employee cost. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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