The last six VM Insights articles have focused on how regulators can support and improve utility VM. The three following articles, beginning with this one, will focus on the use of benchmarking to ...

Benchmarking is also reshaping how the market handles climate, a risk Moore worries has "fallen a little by the wayside" as ...

First, let's examine what is generally used for a basis of inter-utility comparisons. In the field of VM, the commonly used measures are dollars per mile and dollars per customer. Measures of dollars ...

Benchmarking involves establishing performance measures using comparative data about key business operations and processes from competing and leading firms within an industry. Management can drive ...

From competitor and public policies to non-profit and investor pressures, there is more demand than ever to advance safer chemicals programs at your company. One proven way to help get on the right ...

If you want to control energy consumption, and therefore cost, you must be able to measure it. In that sense, energy benchmarking becomes the single most effective tool you can harness to make ...

Benchmarking is a systematic approach to analyzing processes. It can be used in process improvement to measure performance. Further, it can be used to promote and address cultural changes within an ...

Mission-support functions are integral to an agency’s operations. These administrative or back-office functions—acquisition, financial management, human capital, information technology and real ...

Using benchmarking to develop performance measures is a critical part of creating an IT scorecard. But it is a challenging effort that will require you to commit time and effort both in the initial ...

Advisors with a clear vision for their business, who have the discipline to achieve their objectives, are most likely to benefit from an internal analysis to unlock their company’s potential. And one ...