The presentation also shows that by adopting a more robust measure of performance when they do need to invest, companies can maximise the financial return on their investment throughout its lifecycle, by:

- Anticipating performance risks (and therefore financial risk) at the design stage of new equipment - Ensuring suppliers deliver by specifying 'output driven' performance contracts - Tracking the performance of investments from commissioning into steady state operation - Providing a meaningful measure with which to evaluate the success (or otherwise) of investments