Executives came to use measuresofefficiency that focused on the short term, investing in quick wins in sustaining and efficiency innovations instead of funding empowering innovations that pay off in five years, or often even longer.
Most recently, he presented research at the National Baseball Hall of Fame that addresses the need to revise the current definition of a quality start and recommends creating a new statistic that incorporates pitch counts as well as measures the efficiency and effectiveness of a starting pitcher.
Similar to geologists evaluating how to produce a reservoir, the efficiency engineers use this comprehensive data to calibrate simulation models that predict the financial impact of a range ofefficiencymeasures over the building life.