If business is now a global affair, then the export-import business is important, lucrative and necessary. An export-import agent is not a broker --- the agents are lower on the business totem pole.
Most properties are measured using a number and a unit of measurement. The unit of measurement is a standard amount. The number compares the property to that standard amount. This means a tree that is ten times as tall as a meter stick is 10 meters tall.
Measurement is an effective management tool because it provides the information decision makers require to accurately monitor key issues related to company and organizational goals, progress and quality at both the executive and project levels, and performance against a plan.