NEW SMARTKPIS.COM REPORT RANKS THE TOP FORESTRY AND LOGGING KPIS OF 2011- 2012

Top-KPI-Report-Cover-2011-2012-Forestry and Logging-page-001June 13, 2013, Melbourne, Australia – The KPI Institute, the global authority on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) research and education announces the launch of a new report in its 2011-2012 edition of its popular Top 25 series of reports. The series is based on research conducted through www.smartKPIs.com, which contains over 20,000 Key Performance Indicator examples, making it the world’s largest source of thoroughly documented KPIs.

Forestry and Logging includes the production of round wood for the forest-based manufacturing industries as well as the extraction and gathering of wild growing non-wood forest products. Besides the production of timber, forestry activities result in products that undergo little processing, such as fire wood, charcoal, wood chips and round wood used in an unprocessed form (e.g. pit-props, pulpwood). These activities can be carried out in natural or planted forests. KPIs measure efficiency and diversity of the forestry activities.

The “Top 25 Forestry and Logging KPIs of 2011-2012” report provides insights in the state of Forestry and Logging KPIs performance measurement today by listing and analyzing the most visited KPIs on smartKPIs.com in 2011-2012. In addition to KPI names, the report contains a detailed description of each KPI, as documented in smartKPIs Premium.

Forestry and Logging KPIs are reflective of Forestry and Logging functions and are grouped into subcategories, such as Woodland, Authorized Actions, Fire Management, Forest Health, Biodiversity and Forest Protection. From these subcategories, Woodland, Authorized Actions and Fire Management were the most popular of Forestry and Logging, in 2011.

One of the most important benefits that this report brings is the international perspective it offers on the most popular KPIs for Forestry and Logging Management. Forestry and Logging KPIs provide quantifiable measurements of factors determined to be important for Forestry and Logging strategy successful implementation. The skill in applying KPIs is in the selection of the optimum number and appropriateness of KPIs. The top 5 Forestry and Logging KPIs in this report are:

  1. # Wood stock volume
  2. # Annual allowable cut (AAC)
  3. % Land area covered by forest
  4. % Wildfires caused by human actions
  5. % Change in forest cover

By discussing the use of KPIs today, presenting the best practice in documenting them and listing the most popular KPIs of 2011, the “Top 25 Forestry and Logging KPIs of 2011-2012” report is a valuable resource in promoting the informed use of KPIs or refreshing the existing performance measurement and management practice in any organization.

According to Aurel Brudan, The KPI Institute’s CEO “The Top 25 Forestry and Logging KPIs of 2011-2012 report is a synthesis of what smartKPIs.com is all about: it provides an overview of how Forestry and Logging KPIs are used in practice today, by combining input from the online community with analysis and insights from our research team.”

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ABOUT THE KPI INSTITUTE

The KPI Institute is a research, publishing and educational provider specialized in developing better practice in the use of KPIs. It developed the KPI Management Framework and runs five main research programs, dedicated to performance management, the Balanced Scorecard, KPIs, analytics and organizational strategy. Over the last 8 years, The Institute assisted over 5,000 organizations in finding solutions to their KPI needs.

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