The Benchmarking Book

The Benchmarking Book

Author: Tim Stapenhurst

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-06-04

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 1136434690

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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.


Measuring Performance and Benchmarking Project Management at the Department of Energy

Measuring Performance and Benchmarking Project Management at the Department of Energy

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2005-08-01

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 0309181763

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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.


Benchmarking for Best Practices

Benchmarking for Best Practices

Author: Christopher E. Bogan

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13:

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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: Productivity Press

Published: 2006-08-31

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781563273520

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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.


Lean Analytics

Lean Analytics

Author: Alistair Croll

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2024-02-23

Total Pages: 403

ISBN-13: 1098168151

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Whether you're a startup founder trying to disrupt an industry or an entrepreneur trying to provoke change from within, your biggest challenge is creating a product people actually want. Lean Analytics steers you in the right direction. This book shows you how to validate your initial idea, find the right customers, decide what to build, how to monetize your business, and how to spread the word. Packed with more than thirty case studies and insights from over a hundred business experts, Lean Analytics provides you with hard-won, real-world information no entrepreneur can afford to go without. Understand Lean Startup, analytics fundamentals, and the data-driven mindset Look at six sample business models and how they map to new ventures of all sizes Find the One Metric That Matters to you Learn how to draw a line in the sand, so you'll know it's time to move forward Apply Lean Analytics principles to large enterprises and established products


Creating a Culture for High-Performing Schools

Creating a Culture for High-Performing Schools

Author: Cletus R. Bulach

Publisher: R&L Education

Published: 2011-12-16

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1610483219

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A high-performing school is described as one where student achievement is high and student and teacher absenteeism is low. Student behavior is such that teachers seldom have to control them or tell them what to do. This results in greater time on task, higher teacher morale, low teacher absenteeism, and improved parental support. One other distinctive feature of a high-performing school is that the student peer group is a positive force and not a negative force. The end result is a school culture where faculty and students trust and care about each other, and there is a cooperative attitude.


Effective Management of Benchmarking Projects

Effective Management of Benchmarking Projects

Author: Mohamed Zairi

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 0750639873

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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.