&gt;  I was horrified at the &quot;taylorism gone wild&quot; in the article where one surgeon used twice the bandages as the other, and therefore is bad.<p>It didn&#x27;t say that it was bad; it just noted it as a fact.  Perhaps Dr. Jones&#x27;s patients need more bandages because of the types of patient he sees (which might indicate that he&#x27;s really good at what he does); perhaps his incisions are larger (which would be bad); perhaps he just wastes bandages (which is also bad). All measurements can do is demonstrate a difference: good management is required to discern the <i>reason</i> for the disparity, and determine if it&#x27;s a positive or negative indicator.