Sales efficiency is the best way to understand the economics of a business. To me, it answers the question as to whether a business can ever scale. The harsh truth is, if it can’t scale, investors won ...

With various sources – not least the US Environmental Protection Agency, responsible for administering the ENERGY STAR label for energy efficiency – having suggested that the average building wastes ...

Many things come to mind when you think of hospital operating rooms: surgical instruments, nurses and surgeons, to name a few. Not many individuals consider mathematics when discussing surgical ...

The inventory turnover ratio shows how efficiently a firm has used its inventory. This is important in a small business, where storing excess inventory can be an unwanted burden and cost. Calculate ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Eric's career includes extensive work in ...

A quick Google search on the word efficient returns the following definition - achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense. I like to think of efficiency as a ratio, or ...

The Green Grid, an industry trade consortium focused on improving energy efficiency, developed the PUE metric. The metric compares the total amount of energy consumed by the data center with the total ...

I've been planning on replacing some of our windows before the end of the tax year, because they are 45 years old and also because of the tax credit for energy efficiency. This tax credit provides a ...

The race is on to claim the title of "most efficient coal-fired power plant" on the planet. However, it’s tricky identifying finalists because of the widespread misuse of the term "efficiency" and all ...