Met Office

How we measure our business performance

The measures we use reflect our wide range of customers and services, the value these services add and the value for money we represent.

End of year performance is published in our Annual report and accounts 2010-2011 Annual Report and Accounts (PDF, 2 MB)

Met Office Business Performance Measures 

BPMMeasures
EfficiencyTo achieve a Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) of at least 4.4% (equates to an operating profit of £9m). 
Delivering to customers

To deliver the outputs within agreed tolerances from key customer agreements for the Public Weather Service (PWS), Defence, DECC/Defra (Hadley Centre Climate Programme, HCCP) and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).

 
On Time In Full (OTIF)We will measure a sample of products across our Commercial and Government customers to determine whether they have been delivered on time and in full. 
Sustainability

To reduce CO2 emissions per teraflop from our supercomputer by 25%.

To reduce total CO2 emissions (excluding our supercomputer) by 1.5%.

 
Building profitable revenue

To achieve a business profitability target of £7.1m.

To achieve a stretch target of £7.6m.

 
ReachTo have maintained the 12-month rolling average of the number of unique visitors to the Met Office website at the same level as 2010/11. 
Science - Forecast accuracy

To improve forecast accuracy by achieving two out of three of the following year-end targets:

  • Global NWP Index - 145.4
  • UK NWP Index - 118.8
  • Probability of Precipitation Index - 0.279
 
Science - Collaborations

To achieve all three of the following targets:

  1. Gain a net benefit through Unified Model (UM) collaborations of ≥6.0 FTE (excess benefit over cost).
  2. Achieve 80% utilisation of MONSooN.
  3. Generate an additional 1 FTE directed effort from our academic partner institutes.
 

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Last Updated: 28 July 2011

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