Benchmarking for Competitive Advantage

Benchmarking for Competitive Advantage
Author: Robert J. Boxwell
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1994
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Practical, concise, and easy to read, Benchmarking for Competitive Advantage explains what good benchmarking is and demonstrates how to plan and execute a benchmarking study and develop an action plan for implementing improvements based on the results.

Benchmarking for Competitive Advantage

Benchmarking for Competitive Advantage
Author: Tony Bendell
Publisher: Pitman Publishing
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1998
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Benchmarking for Competitive Advantage provides both the background to benchmarking and a practical how to do it with a guide for assessing your starting point and building an action plan.

Benchmarking for Best Practice

Benchmarking for Best Practice
Author: Mohamed Zairi
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 512
Release: 1998
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0750639482

For any practitioner wanting to establish best practice in a wide variety of business areas, BENCHMARKING FOR BEST PRACTICE uses recent case studies of individual companies and industry-wide quality schemes to show how and why implementation has succeeded. It is also an ideal textbook on the application of TQM since it describes concepts, covers definitions and illustrates the applications with first-hand examples.

Effective Benchmarking

Effective Benchmarking
Author: Mohamed Zairi
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 406
Release: 1996-05-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780412714900

This book provides the reader with inside knowledge about the application and workability of the concept of benchmarking in different industrial contexts. It takes a practical approach, including case studies in benchmarking applications from a cross-section of industry and commerce, and promotes state-of-the-art thinking and innovation through the use of benchmarking. It is the key text for senior managers, project teams, trainers and consultants in benchmarking and quality management. Effective Benchmarking features include: 20 case studies from nine different sectors; evidence that benchmarking can help achieve competitive advantage; numerous tips and useful information.

Benchmarking for Best Practices

Benchmarking for Best Practices
Author: Christopher E. Bogan
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Total Pages: 344
Release: 1994
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Packed with dramatic case studies, this step-by-step guide shows managers how to adopt the seminal benchmarking techniques revolutionizing quality at companies like Federal Express, AT&T, and other industry leaders. Features timesaving tips, evaluation charts, graphs, ethics, and antitrust guidelines. 50 illus.

Benchmarking

Benchmarking
Author: Robert C. Camp
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2024-11-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 104027739X

Written by Dr. Robert Camp, universally regarded as the founding father of the benchmark process, this bestseller is quite simply the definitive reference on the topic. Camp guides readers through the historic ten-step benchmarking process that he developed while at Xerox. This process is credited with reviving that company when it was floundering in 1979. Camp presents other examples of the process, including its dramatic application to L.L. Bean. He uses these examples to show managers how to relate benchmarking to their own circumstances and then provides them with expert strategy and tips so that they can efficiently and easily launch their own quest for best performance.

Benchmarking — Theory and Practice

Benchmarking — Theory and Practice
Author: Asbjørn Rolstadås
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2013-06-05
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0387348476

Lecturers and researchers in the areas of industrial engineering, quality management and business development, and middle and higher management in business or technology- oriented positions, will find this book invaluable.

Strategic Benchmarking Reloaded with Six Sigma

Strategic Benchmarking Reloaded with Six Sigma
Author: Gregory H. Watson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2008-03-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0470130547

A new update of the classic text on benchmarking Strategic Benchmarking Reloaded with Six Sigma updates benchmarking, the revolutionary business performance methodology, by adding statistical concepts from Six Sigma. These two methodologies combine to form a powerful platform for improving any company's overall performance. This new revision reviews the first twenty-five years of development in benchmarking and features new appendices, case studies, and topics, making this the most complete and comprehensive coverage of the subject available. Topics include: Stimulating business improvement with benchmarking Linking Six Sigma to strategic planning and benchmarking Understanding the essence of process benchmarking Making statistical comparisons in benchmarking Applying benchmarking results for maximum utility Reviewing lessons learned from old case studies Conducting a strategic benchmarking study Performing an operational benchmarking study Mainstreaming benchmarking into strategic planning Creating a sustainable benchmarking capability Plus: appendices covering the benchmarking code of conduct, operating procedures, and Web resources

Optimizing Regional Development Through Transformative Urbanization

Optimizing Regional Development Through Transformative Urbanization
Author: Benna, Umar G.
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2018-08-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1522554491

Assisted by globalization and the rapid application of advanced technologies, the transformative power of urbanization is being felt around the world. The scale and the speed of existing and projected urbanization poses several challenges to researchers in multiple disciplines, such as computer science, engineering, and the social sciences. Optimizing Regional Development Through Transformative Urbanization provides emerging research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of applications within urban growth interventions. It also explores the strategies for new urban development tools such as the rise of new platforms for digital activities, concepts of sharing economy, collaborative economy, crowdsourcing, and crowdfunding. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as cryptocurrencies, public-private partnership, and urban governance, this book is a vital reference for city development planners, decision makers, policymakers, academicians, researchers, and professionals seeking current research on the delivery of transformative urbanization changes.

The Benchmarking Book

The Benchmarking Book
Author: Tim Stapenhurst
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2009-06-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136434690

With growing demands for increased operational efficiency and process improvement in organizations of all sizes, more and more companies are turning to benchmarking as a means of setting goals and measuring performance against the products, services and practices of other organizations that are recognized as leaders. The Benchmarking Book is an indispensable guide to process improvement through benchmarking, providing managers, practitioners and consultants with all the information needed to carry out effective benchmarking studies. Covering everything from essential theory to important considerations such as project management and legal issues, The Benchmarking Book is the ideal step-by-step guide to assessing and improving your company’s processes and performance through benchmarking.