June 06, 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.

Mining includes the extraction of minerals occurring naturally as solids (coal and ores). Extraction can be achieved by different methods such as underground or surface mining, seabed mining etc. This section also includes supplementary activities aimed at preparing the crude materials for marketing, for example crushing, grinding, cleaning, drying, sorting, concentrating ores and agglomeration of solid fuels. These operations are often carried out by the units that extract the resource and/or others located nearby. KPIs measure the consumption of resources and the outputs in extracting and preparing the minerals. (more…)

June 06, 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.

Medical Practice is the practice of medicine, performed by a medical practitioner – a physician. Typically, practicing medicine involves giving a diagnosis and prescribing a treatment for a medical condition. In developed countries, only qualified persons – those with the appropriate licensure, certification, or registration with a relevant body, often governmental – are legally permitted to practice medicine. Such licensure usually requires a medical degree, like the Doctor of Medicine or the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine. (more…)

June 05, 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.

Oil and gas includes the extraction and refining of gas and oil natural resources. Gas includes the extraction of natural gas through a system of mains. Oil includes the refining and distribution of liquid or gaseous fuels or other products from crude petroleum, bituminous minerals or their fractionation products. KPIs focus on the efficiency of processes (extraction and preparation) and the quality of the final outputs. (more…)

June 05, 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.

Academic education refers to the national or international educational systems, their way of work and their results. It includes education offered by different institutions in the regular school system at its different levels, literacy programs etc. The indicators regard the quality and effectiveness that an academic education system or institution assures. (more…)

June 4, 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.

The purpose of Public Relations is to manage the flow of information between an organization and its target public and of course, to build and keep good relationships between those who influence an organization’s audience and the audience itself. Moreover, it aims at persuading the public, the investors, the partners, the employees and other stakeholders to support the company’s policy. Among the activities which make up the core of public relations, speaking at conferences, working with press and employee communication are just a small part. (more…)

June 3, 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.

Advertising is a marketing instrument for communication, used to encourage and persuade the audience to adopt a desired behavior towards the organization and its products or services. Its main goal is to attract new customers and increase sales. KPIs focus on measuring the efficiency of advertising initiatives and campaigns and their impact on the public. (more…)

June 3, 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.

Marketing represents the activity of informing, communicating and persuading potential customers that certain products and services may satisfy their needs and wants. Marketing KPIs refer to marketing campaign results, as well as the support of this area within the customer relationship management process and outcomes. In smartKPIs.com, Marketing is a sub-category of the Marketing & Communications functional area, which we define as the set of activities that create the basic interaction with potential clients, through different methods of informing, communicating, persuading and attracting the prospect customers. (more…)

June 3, 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.

Supply chain management is the management of a network of interconnected businesses involved in the provision of product and service packages required by the end customers in a supply chain. Supply chain management refers to managing the interconnected process of movement and storage of materials (raw, work-in-progress and final goods) from the point of origin until consumption point. KPIs refer to the efficiency of processed and their qualitative management. (more…)

May 31, 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.

When more devices were introduced it became difficult to add one individual device for each computer. Companies needed an easier way of managing the resources. A network was the perfect answer. Network Management deals with technical support and professional services impacted by the convergence of networks and storage, in order to assure the operation, administration, maintenance, and provisioning of networked systems is done properly within the organization. (more…)

May 30, 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.

Logistics and Distribution is an important business development area in most organizations across the world. Logistics and Distribution managers are required to have a clear vision and to deliver results under strict deadlines, whether inside the organization’s premises or delivery of shipments outside the premises of the organization. Logistics and Distribution is the combination of movement of goods and warehousing operations, responsible for storing and delivering products. It involves the physical distribution of the company’s products to other distributors or directly to end customers. The KPIs in this area monitor the time efficiency of the distribution, as well as the quality of movement and warehousing operation of the goods. (more…)