A company can use the resulting activity cost data to determine where to focus their operational improvements.

"We are pleased that our emphasis on operational improvements is having a substantial positive impact."

It is also an industry think-tank for new strategies, business models and operational improvements.

This can help incorporate operational improvements and best practices within your business.

They also need to be able to co-ordinate and evaluate ideas for operational improvement coming from the shop floor.

He is responsible for driving the transformation and operational improvements of the firm's portfolio companies.

"Taken together," he said, "these operational improvements lifted our cash balance 436 percent from $745 million in the previous year to $4 billion."

This is primarily for operational improvement but can help security, he said.

A number of operational improvements have also been made to enhance accessibility for the handicapped.

In the case of Portugal, they have certainly led to institutional, technical and operational improvements.