Economic
effectiveness asks
whether the result of an action fulfils the objective, in this case the
economic goal. Sometimes, when it is not possible to measure the grade of
fulfilment, it must be estimated. But sometime the fulfilment can be measured -
like with coverage.
Imagine
that you have a forest stand, which is opened-up with trails that have a
distance of 40 meters. One option that you have selected is the standard
combination of harvester and forwarder. The problem is that the crane outreach
is only 10 m and only 50 % of the stand can be harvested. So, the
effectiveness of this solution is 50 %.
You might
add a worker with chainsaw, who fells those trees, which are outside the crane
reach, towards the trail. Now, all trees can be reached and harvested. The effectiveness climbs up to 100 %.It often happens, that some
technical options cover less than 100 %. Therefore, coverage is one attribute to measure the
effectiveness.
