Reports on metrics -- the measurements used to assess some aspect of a company's performance -- are worthless if managers cannot turn the data into results. Key performance indicators, or KPIs, give ...

Key performance indicators, or KPIs, are used to create or define a way to measure process performance. For safety and risk, that means processes related to the number of safety or risk incidents, ...

In the fast-paced world of business, measurement is everything. “We are all measured as a business,” says Shaun Castillo, President of Preferred Technologies (Pref-Tech). “Banks measure us. Investors ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

For many businesses and organizations, project management has received a lot of renewed focus in recent years. One reason for this is that analytics and data-driven approaches have become a high ...

Guiding a tech project from start to finish entails staying on top of seemingly endless details, decisions and data (and sometimes, detours). From making sure progress is achieved on time and on ...

Project portfolio management (PPM) assists managers in determining which projects are meeting objectives throughout an organization. This information allows them to make data-backed judgments about ...

If you don’t measure it, you can’t improve it. That old business adage may not apply in all cases, but it does capture the essense of a growing movement toward data-driven decision-­making in trucking ...