Of course you like them; you hired them. And of course you're rooting for them – they work on your behalf every day. If your small business is like many others, you run a tightly knit operation that ...

Measuring physician performance in an ambulatory surgery center has become essential, says Sandy Berreth, administrator of Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center in Baxter, Minn. “It is the only way we know if ...

More and more companies, government agencies, educational institutions and philanthropic organizations are today in the grip of a new phenomenon. I’ve termed it “metric fixation.” The key components ...

Alexandra Twin has 15+ years of experience as an editor and writer, covering financial news for public and private companies. Amanda Jackson has expertise in personal finance, investing, and social ...

The final metrics I'll address in this series are for productivity. This is a slippery slope. Frankly, I can count on one hand the plants I've seen with an effective measure over the last 10 years.

Performance measurement is, admittedly, a tricky subject. On one hand, you must manage your operations and decisions by the numbers. But on the other hand, your employees are people–and people can be ...

For engineers and operations managers seeking to improve production performance, selecting the right throughput metrics is critical. This article outlines practical measurement approaches to help ...

In a recent Thought Leadership post, Panos Lykidis, MBA, a vice president at The Camden Group, shared 10 rules for hospital and health system leaders to follow when developing physician performance ...

Sales performance goals are measures used to incentivize salespeople and determine achievement-based compensation. While there are many types of goals – from units sold to gross margin – it can be ...

The committee finds in the preceding chapter that it is fundamentally possible to measure the effectiveness of the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture (GNDA) as long as a new strategic plan and ...