(alsoperformance measurement)something thatshowshow well acompany, aneconomy, etc. is doing:Financepeopleare used to havingmilestonesandperformanceindicators, and that is themindsetwe need inresearchanddevelopment.
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key performance indicator(Definition ofperformance indicatorfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofperformance indicator
performance indicatorIt is however a good keyperformanceindicatorfor the efficiency and effectiveness of your hotel operations.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Any one keyperformanceindicatorcan be manipulated.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The call setup success rate is usually included, together with other technical parameters of the network, in a keyperformanceindicatorknown as service accessibility.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thus the project was directed at investigating both these and, additionally, the use of aspirin - also included in theperformanceindicator.From theCambridge English CorpusThe otherperformanceindicatoris the translational error measured from the starting offset point to the insertion centre.From theCambridge English CorpusThe results showed a robust relationship between neo-corporatism and the environmentalperformanceindicator.From theCambridge English CorpusFinally, anotherperformanceindicatoris the absolute measurement of the followed trajectory.From theCambridge English CorpusThe type of the followed path towards the insertion centre can be viewed as a robot'sperformanceindicator.From theCambridge English CorpusThe energyperformanceindicatorfrom the building's energy performance certificate must be included in adverts for selling or renting the building or part of it.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishBudget neutrality, which was the majorperformanceindicatorfor the local sick fund technical advisor, is not expected.From theCambridge English CorpusThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/performance-indicator##
