Many companies start with measuring how much room they have for improvement by benchmarking their fuel purchasing operations.

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Apparently the string of logging tools, each one measuring something different, needs some room to take their readings so the "rat hole" has to extend below the measured area.

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Measuring electricity flow, for example, would allow utilities to avoid outages and to make room for alternative electrons.

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