Running a restaurant doesn’t start in the kitchen

Written by Cristina Mihăiloaie on September 10, 2013. Posted in Articles, KPI

Key performance indicators are used to monitor key processes and activities, being meant to offer valuable insights on the overall performance of a company. KPIs also help improving the core actions of the organization, allowing thus managers and decision makers to attain the desired outcomes.

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Emerging economies influence on commodity prices – A correlation between wine and oil price trends

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on February 7, 2011. Posted in Articles, Organisational performance

A recent article published in “The Economist” outlines an interesting correlation between the wine and oil prices trends around the world for the period 1998-2010. The research undertaken by two experts from International Monetary Fund (IMF), Servan Cevik and Tahsin Saasi, shows that supply has only a marginal impact on prices.

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Setting targets, cooking steak and using thermometers

Written by Aurel Brudan on February 20, 2010. Posted in Editorials, Organisational performance

smartKPIs.com Performance Architect update 7/2010

Setting targets is relatively easy if you want to make it easy – just pluck a number from the air, make it your target and strive to achieve it. However, there is more to target setting than a simple number selection.

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