Measurements associated with palm oil extraction process are often categorised as some- thing difficult, if not impossible by some palm oil mill owners and its top management. They often underestimate the importance of accurate measurement of product losses in order to improve the over- all performance of the mill operation ultimately leading to improved productivity. As today’s technology has a lot to offer with the vast product line that is at our disposal to choose from, millers are in a better position than what it was a few decades ago. However, the new technologies for product quality and process efficiency do not seem to be penetrating the palm oil industry fast enough to match the rapid change that is taking place in other edible product processing plants. Any suggestions to improve the prevailing obsolete mill practices are often met with recalcitrant responses that appear to be based more for the sake of opposing rather than based on clear thinking. Even a simple suggestion to tighten the steam joints to prevent steam leakage, in essence a good milling practice, is misconstrued as imposing additional burden on the millers claiming that it will require the measurement of the leaking steam and that it is almost an impossible task. If there is steam blowing out from a lange joint, the natural thing any miller would do is to tighten the bolts on the lange coupling. There is no necessity to quantify the steam that has blown out. No miller would like to produce the steam and allow it to leak not because it will increase the greenhouse gas (GHG) and cost of production. The focal point is why produce something and waste it. In this article, an attempt is made to disseminate to the industry some of the com- mon-sense approaches to regulate wastage of resource materials. Some simple measuring techniques are also recommended for quantifying essential by-products and losses for improving the overall milling efficiency.