Private metrics

Units. The SI system of units and conversion factors (qv) has been formally adopted worldwide, with the exception of Bmnei, Burma, Yemen, and the United States. The participation of the United States in the metrication movement is evident by the passage of the Metric Acts of 1866 and 1975 and the subsequent estabUshment of the American National Metric Council (private) and the U.S. Metric Board (pubHc) to plan, coordinate, monitor, and encourage the conversion process. 

The private equity practitioners approach differs in three ways from that of a traditional corporate organization. First, they concentrate on specific metrics, second, they institutionalize change projects with a lasting impact on performance early on during the investment period, and third, they take great care over the choice of management teams. 

A limited number of value-oriented metrics and visible change projects have energized businesses acquired by private equity investors. 

Efforts to compare the pre- and post-1980 R D strategies are confounded by the fact that the metrics used to evaluate the performance of federal research have changed. In the older period, the measures used largely reflected the impact on the country and the countryside, such as the number of acres planted in the new hybrid and the rate of adoption of a new technology by farmers or processors. The new approach largely measures the impact on the agency or its private partner, considering factors such as the number of patents issued, the number of licenses issued, and the amount of royalties received. 

Company at Alupuram, Kerala, in 1943. The production that year was 1300 metric tons. At present, there are five producing plants in the country. Of these, four are in the private sector and one in the public sector. The largest plant of the Hindustan Aluminum Corporation, Ltd., at Re-nekoot in Bihar has an installed capacity of 95,000 metric tons. The newest plant in the public sector at Korda in Madhya Pradesh will have an installed capacity of 100,000 tons. The first unit was commissioned in 1975. A sixth plant with a capacity of 50,000 tons is in the planning stage and will be located at Ratnagiri in Maharashtra. 

The two main zinc smelters are located at Debari, Rajasthan, and at Alwaye, Kerala. The former is in the public sector, and the latter is in the private sector. The installed capacity is 38,000 metric tons/yr with a production of 25,000 metric tons. This leaves an import requirement of 75,000 metric tons. By 1979, the demand should be 150,000 metric tons. To help meet this demand, the Debari plant is being expanded to 45,000 metric tons from 18,000. Thus, the total installed capacity will be 65,000 metric tons. A new zinc smelter is under construction at Visha Khapatray, with a capacity of 30,000 metric tons. Completion should be in the early 1980s. 

To answer these questions, two good metrics of the industry are presented here that focus on macro factors, rather than micro businesss conditions and circumstances. The first such indicator is the ability of combinatorial chemistry to raise capital in the public and private markets, excluding any contributions from strategic alliances and collaborations. Thought of in a different way, this metric is a direct reflection of the short-, medium-, and long-term confidence that combinatorial chemistry can instill in sophisticated and critical investors, either in... 

Aluminum. Aluminum is used extensively in modem India particularly in house wiring and the transmission of electrical power, about 50% of the production going for this use. All of the technology has been imported primarily from the United States. Production has increased from about 3000 metric tons in 1951 to 180,000 metric tons in 1977. It is estimated that the demand for aluminum in 1984 will be 400,000 metric tons. The demand is likely to increase dramatically since the per capita use in India is 0.4 vs. 22 kg in the United States and of 2.9 kg in the rest of the world. Aluminum today is produced in five producing plants, four of them in the private sector and one in the pubhc sector. The most serious problem with the aluminum industry is the pricing pohcy. By law, 50% of production goes to the government at a fixed price, so-called levy metal. The current levy price is 903 a metric ton vs. a production cost of 1,084 per metric ton. 

In 1983, Hindustan Salt Limited was producing 0.2 million metric tons of iodized salt per annum. With the private sector entering the field, by 1990, there was a quantum leap in the quantity of iodized salt produced to 2.5 million metric tons annually. However, at that time, 962 salt iodization plants had been set up in India, with installed capacity for 12 million metric tons of iodized salt. Therefore, production was less than capacity, indicating insufficient consumer demand for iodized salt. In the absence of consumer awareness of IDD, many people were not willing to pay the extra cost for iodized salt. 

A large-scale campaign aimed at consumer education combined with legislative measures to prevent the sale of noniodized salt for human consumption resulted in an increase in iodized salt production. By 1995, 4.2 million metric tons of iodized salt was being produced annually with the help of the private sector. 

The annual production of iodized salt was raised from 500000 metric tons (MT) in 1985-1986 to 4980000MT in 2005-2006. The policy regarding the production of iodized salt has been liberalized, permitting its production by the private sector 824 private units have been licensed by the salt commissioner, out of which nearly 532 units have commenced production so far. These units have an annual production capacity of more than 12400000 MT (Revised Poficy Guidefines on National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme, 2006). 

Since 1962, agrochemicals and chemical fertilisers have been distributed in Nepal by the Agriculture Inputs Corporation (AIC), a public enterprise owned by the government. Private sector traders also play a major role in pesticide distribution, reselling agrochemicals purchased from AIC. In 1994, AIC distributed about 335 metric tonnes of dust and granulated pesticides and about 2460 litres of liquid pesticides. ... 

Sources ISTA Mielke, Oil World Annual 2007, private communication Thomas Mielke. mto = metric tons Mio = Million ha = hectare (2.471 acres)... 

There are numerous safety metrics available to safety and health professionals that can be used as performance indicators. These metrics include those established by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Department of Energy, and private industry. These resources provide the safety professional with methodologies to measure safety performance and serve as benchmark indicators. 

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