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| 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.
| Author | : National Research Council |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Total Pages | : 52 |
| Release | : 2005-08-01 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 0309181763 |
In 1997, Congress, in the conference report, H.R. 105-271, to the FY1998 Energy and Water Development Appropriation Bill, directed the National Research Council (NRC) to carry out a series of assessments of project management at the Department of Energy (DOE). The final report in that series noted that DOE lacked an objective set of measures for assessing project management quality. The department set up a committee to develop performance measures and benchmarking procedures and asked the NRC for assistance in this effort. This report presents information and guidance for use as a first step toward development of a viable methodology to suit DOE's needs. It provides a number of possible performance measures, an analysis of the benchmarking process, and a description ways to implement the measures and benchmarking process.
| Author | : Peter Bogetoft |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 270 |
| Release | : 2013-01-04 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1461460433 |
"In this book, Peter Bogetoft - THE expert on the theory and practice of benchmarking - provides an in–depth yet very accessible and readable explanation of the best way to do benchmarking, starting from the ground up." Rick Antle William S. Beinecke Professor of Accounting, Yale School of Management CFO, Compensation Valuation, Inc. "I highly recommend this well-written and comprehensive book on measuring and managing performance. Dr. Bogetoft summarizes the fundamental mathematical concepts in an elegant, intuitive, and understandable way." Jon A. Chilingerian Professor, Brandeis University and INSEAD "Bogetoft gives in his book Performance Benchmarking an excellent introduction to the methodological basis of benchmarking." Christian Parbøl Director, DONG Energy "This book is the primer on benchmarking for performance management." Albert Birck Business Performance Manager, Maersk Oil "This excellent book provides a non technical introduction for performance management." Misja Mikkers, Director, Dutch Health Care Authority "With this very well written and comprehensive introduction to the many facets of benchmarking in hand, organizations have no excuse for not applying the best and cost effective benchmarking methods in their performance assessments." Stig P. Christensen Senior R&D Director, COWI
| 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.
| Author | : Mohamed Zairi |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 356 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0750639873 |
Begins with definitions of what to benchmark and ends with a stimulating real case study where a benchmarking project was conducted by observing all the necessary rules and with total adherence to the various protocols.
| Author | : Jason Saul |
| Publisher | : Fieldstone Alliance |
| Total Pages | : 114 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0940069431 |
The no-cost way to improve your organization on a daily basis Most nonprofits are already benchmarking informally. This unique book defines a formal way to benchmark. You'll learn how to prepare your organization, measure performance, and implement best practices as well as learning the five key steps of benchmarking, the arguments against benchmarking--and why you should disregard them, how benchmarking differs from evaluation and assessment, how to form a benchmarking team, how to create a "success equation" that helps you measure your organization's performance, how to make sure to measure what matters, how to choose your benchmarking partners--and what you can learn from the "wrong" partner, and how to overcome staff resistance to benchmarking. Practical tools help you benchmark what matters Real-world examples illustrate benchmarking in action. Exercises and worksheets guide you through processes such as drafting a benchmarking plan; identifying and analyzing the things in your organization that need improvement; prioritizing which processes to focus on; identifying your CTQ (critical to quality) outcomes; and more. The way to survive as a nonprofit in today's market is to thrive. With so many organizations seeking the same dollars, only the best will endure. Benchmarking ensures that your organization is always operating at peak performance. It's something you can't afford not to do--especially since you can do it for free!
| Author | : Terry Wireman |
| Publisher | : Industrial Press Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780831131685 |
All the necessary tools to be successful.
| Author | : Mark T. Czarnecki |
| Publisher | : Amacom Books |
| Total Pages | : 271 |
| Release | : 1999-01 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780814403907 |
This text argues that companies get the results they're striving for not by dictating vague, lofty goals but by setting specific, measurable objectives. The book then sets out to try and explain how to do it, from identifying effective measures to choosing measurement instruments, to applying measurement systems to a company's day-to-day operations. It also features practical guidelines, charts and diagrams, analysis and measuring tools, and examples and case studies.
| 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.
| Author | : Joe Zhu |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 419 |
| Release | : 2014-09-11 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 3319066471 |
The author is one of the prominent researchers in the field of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), a powerful data analysis tool that can be used in performance evaluation and benchmarking. This book is based upon the author’s years of research and teaching experiences. It is difficult to evaluate an organization’s performance when multiple performance metrics are present. The difficulties are further enhanced when the relationships among the performance metrics are complex and involve unknown tradeoffs. This book introduces Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) as a multiple-measure performance evaluation and benchmarking tool. The focus of performance evaluation and benchmarking is shifted from characterizing performance in terms of single measures to evaluating performance as a multidimensional systems perspective. Conventional and new DEA approaches are presented and discussed using Excel spreadsheets — one of the most effective ways to analyze and evaluate decision alternatives. The user can easily develop and customize new DEA models based upon these spreadsheets. DEA models and approaches are presented to deal with performance evaluation problems in a variety of contexts. For example, a context-dependent DEA measures the relative attractiveness of similar operations/processes/products. Sensitivity analysis techniques can be easily applied, and used to identify critical performance measures. Two-stage network efficiency models can be utilized to study performance of supply chain. DEA benchmarking models extend DEA’s ability in performance evaluation. Various cross efficiency approaches are presented to provide peer evaluation scores. This book also provides an easy-to-use DEA software — DEAFrontier. This DEAFrontier is an Add-In for Microsoft® Excel and provides a custom menu of DEA approaches. This version of DEAFrontier is for use with Excel 97-2013 under Windows and can solve up to 50 DMUs, subject to the capacity of Excel Solver. It is an extremely powerful tool that can assist decision-makers in benchmarking and analyzing complex operational performance issues in manufacturing organizations as well as evaluating processes in banking, retail, franchising, health care, public services and many other industries.
