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machbare Kennzahlen

English translation: achievable targets

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German term or phrase:machbare Kennzahlen
English translation:achievable targets
Entered by: Kim Metzger

22:22 Jun 1, 2003
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management
German term or phrase: machbare Kennzahlen
This is from a slide presentation on company quality control goals. There are many fine entries in the glossary for Kennzahlen, including indicators, key figures, operating numbers, metrics. But none of these terms would work in this sentence:

Teilziel: "machbare Kennzahlen festlegen"

Doable indicators won't work.
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 10:53
realistic targets
Explanation:
set realistic targets

A figure you have to achieve is usually called a target
Selected response from:

Graeme Currie
Local time: 18:53
Grading comment
Many thanks to everyone for your efforts. I needed something that would seem most natural in a quality management context.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4realistic targets
Graeme Currie
3 +3possible/realistic indicators
Julian Daniel Jimenez-Krause (X)
4 +1achievable figures
Helga Humlova
5Set achievable key figures
Robert Schlarb
4achieveable key ratios
Alexander Schleber (X)
4feasible key indicators
Aniello Scognamiglio (X)


Discussion entries: 1





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
possible/realistic indicators


Explanation:
ich würde es so sehen... gute nacht! julián

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Note added at 2003-06-01 22:26:57 (GMT)
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...evtl. \"figures\" anstatt von \"indicators\"...

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Note added at 2003-06-01 22:31:17 (GMT)
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...evtl. \"figures\" anstatt von \"indicators\"...

Julian Daniel Jimenez-Krause (X)
Local time: 18:53
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ralf Lemster: Sounds ok - what about "feasible parameters"?
4 mins
agree  Sabine Tietge: 'feasible parameters' sounds good!
5 hrs
agree  Steffen Walter
9 hrs
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
achievable figures


Explanation:
just another possibility - I found quite some Googlehits when crosschecking

Helga Humlova
Austria
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Teresa Reinhardt: machbar = erreichbar
9 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
realistic targets


Explanation:
set realistic targets

A figure you have to achieve is usually called a target

Graeme Currie
Local time: 18:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Many thanks to everyone for your efforts. I needed something that would seem most natural in a quality management context.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Moore (X)
9 hrs
agree  Mark Ward
10 hrs
agree  Chris Rowson (X): Or "achievable", but yes, they are targets. It is a standard qulity point that targets have to realistic/achievable, otherwise they are fantasy, and no real control.
11 hrs
agree  TonyTK: Sounds most natural
14 hrs
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
achieveable key ratios


Explanation:
"Kennzahl" is usually translated as "key ratio" in in financial contexts.


Alexander Schleber (X)
Belgium
Local time: 18:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 31
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Set achievable key figures


Explanation:
This is often used as an acceptable translation of "Kennzahlen". "Indicators" is too technical for my feeling (would be used in financial reporting but not in a general presentation).
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Key figures
The key figures of the debitel Group reflect the successful development of our company.



in Mio. € 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
Revenues 2,805 2,515 2,596 1,963 1,467 1,161 821
Gross margin 364 387 365 276 237 162 109
Earnings before interests, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) 112 120 99 95 76 54 29
Earnings before interests and taxes (EBIT) 68 79 67 72 64 41 21
Net income (1998: pro forma)* 40 48 40 34 24 15 11
Cash flow from operating activities* 58 114 148 70 66 24 17
Total assets 813 904 851 648 498 239 152
Stockholders' equity (1998: pro forma) 195 179 153 136 103 49 28
Stockholders' equity ratio (in %) 24 20 18 21 21 20 18
Long-term liabilities 16 19 22 25 29 4 10
Number of employees 3,299 3,544 3,145 2,523 2,040 1,432 1,007
Number of subscribers (in thousands) 10,061 10,000 8,605 4,693 3,059 1,679 1,077
Number of shares (in millions) 89 89 89 89 - - -
Net income per share (in €; 1998: pro forma) 0.45 0.54 0.45 0.38 0.27 0.17 0.12
Dividend per share (in €; 1998 pro forma) 0.25** 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.20 0.11 0.03




    Reference: http://www.debitel.de/ir_eng/kennzahlen/index.php
    over 6,700 google hits for "key figures" + ebit
Robert Schlarb
Local time: 18:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
feasible key indicators


Explanation:

please, see:
http://www.mvv-investor.de/de/wir-ueber-uns/kennzahlen.php

also:
http://www.qpronline.com/balancedscorecard/balanced_scorecar...

...Die Balanced Scorecard (BSC) ist ein Konzept zur Umsetzung Ihrer Unternehmensstrategie. Eine BSC beginnt bei der Vision und Strategie Ihres Unternehmens und definiert auf dieser Basis kritischen Erfolgsfaktoren (KEF).
K e n n z a h l e n werden dann so aufgebaut, dass sie die Zielsetzung und Leistungsfähigkeit in kritischen Bereichen der Strategie fördern. Die BSC ist daher ein aus Vision und Strategie abgeleitetes Management-System, welches die wichtigsten Aspekte eines Unternehmens widerspiegelt. Das BSC-Konzept unterstützt strategische Planung und Implementierung durch eine Bündelung der Maßnahmen aller Einheiten eines Unternehmens auf der Basis eines gemeinsamen Verständnisses seiner Ziele und durch einen leichteren Zugang zur Bewertung und Fortschreibung der Strategie...

Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
Germany
Local time: 18:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 14
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