Filled with tools that ensure the successful implementation of TOC, The Measurement Nightmare shows readers how to resolve the conflicts and remove the accounting systems, financial, and incentive measurement roadblocks to adopting TOC. Using these tools, readers will give their organizations improved performance and sustain the competitive advantage. The techniques that the author, leading authority Debra Smith, has implemented and tracked at various companies highlight "the productivity measurement nightmare." She explains how to align executive strategy and decision making with both short- and long-term results for improved incentive plans.