Benchmarking for Best Practice

Benchmarking for Best Practice
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 512
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ISBN-10 : 9780750639484
ISBN-13 : 0750639482
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis Benchmarking for Best Practice by : Mohamed Zairi

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.

Benchmarking Best Practices in Maintenance Management

Benchmarking Best Practices in Maintenance Management
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Publisher : Industrial Press Inc.
Total Pages : 232
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ISBN-10 : 0831131683
ISBN-13 : 9780831131685
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Benchmarking Best Practices in Maintenance Management by : Terry Wireman

All the necessary tools to be successful.

Maintenance Benchmarking and Best Practices

Maintenance Benchmarking and Best Practices
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Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages : 598
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ISBN-10 : 9780071491655
ISBN-13 : 0071491651
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Maintenance Benchmarking and Best Practices by : Ralph W. Peters

Over the past decade, companies have redirected their maintenance operational focus from internal cost-cutting to profit-maximization. This approach is referred to as profit centered maintenance. Peters provides maintenance supervisors and managers with a benchmarking/best practices road-map called the Maintenance Operations Scoreboard. The Scoreboard will allow maintenance managers to: a) determine and quantify benefits and savings, b) improve craft productivity and c) define a strategy to improve efficiency and productivity. These things are at the heart of a successful Profit Centered Maintenance organization. The author-devised Maintenance Operations Scoreboard is used to perform over 200 maintenance evaluations in over 5,000 profit centered maintenance organizations. For example, at Honda of America, it was used extensively to direct maintenance strategy. It was later translated into Japanese for presentation to key Japanese executives. Another excellent example is Boeing Commercial Aircraft Inc. Boeing combined elements from this same Scoreboard with their company-wide maintenance goals to develop ‘The Boeing Scoreboard for Maintenance Excellence.’ Over 60 facility maintenance work units, at region, group and team levels, are evaluated at on-site visits using the Scoreboard criteria.

The Benchmarking Book

The Benchmarking Book
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 496
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ISBN-10 : 9781136434693
ISBN-13 : 1136434690
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis The Benchmarking Book by : Tim Stapenhurst

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.

Benchmarking

Benchmarking
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Publisher : CRC Press
Total Pages : 235
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ISBN-10 : 9781040277393
ISBN-13 : 104027739X
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Benchmarking by : Robert C. Camp

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 Handbook

Benchmarking Handbook
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 208
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0412735202
ISBN-13 : 9780412735202
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Benchmarking Handbook by : B. Andersen

Benchmarking is a powerful tool for improvement. It is one of the fastest-growing techniques for quality and performance improvement and attracts massive attention. Now, more than ever, there is a clear need for straightforward guidelines to help companies make the most of benchmarking. This book addresses that need.

Benchmarking

Benchmarking
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Publisher : Amer Productivity Center
Total Pages : 86
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ISBN-10 : 1928593240
ISBN-13 : 9781928593249
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis Benchmarking by : Cynthia Raybourn

As one of the titles in the American Productivity & Quality Center's Passport to Success series, Benchmarking provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of what it takes to achieve benchmarking success. Based on years of research into the practices of leading organizations, this book, written by experienced APQC benchmarkers, highlights various types of benchmarking and APQC's benchmarking methodology. Readers can track their own progress and identify benchmarking landmarks. Supported by examples of best practices and tips from actual practitioners, it examines preparation and planning, participation, data collection, data analysis, and measurement. This 86-page book is retail priced at $19.95. An excerpt from Benchmarking: "The first vitally important step in a successful benchmarking initiative is clearly defining the objectives and the desired outcomes. While benchmarking cannot eliminate competition, its outcomes can include information on how to redesign processes to make your organization more competitive, improve quality, reduce costs and cycle time, and increase the satisfaction levels of external and internal customers. To define your specific objectives and desired outcomes, ask the individuals involved in deciding to benchmark to answer the following questions: What are we trying to accomplish?; What is the current state?"

Information Theory and Best Practices in the IT Industry

Information Theory and Best Practices in the IT Industry
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 9781461430438
ISBN-13 : 1461430437
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Information Theory and Best Practices in the IT Industry by : Sanjay Mohapatra

​​​The importance of benchmarking in the service sector is well recognized as it helps in continuous improvement in products and work processes. Through benchmarking, companies have strived to implement best practices in order to remain competitive in the product- market in which they operate. However studies on benchmarking, particularly in the software development sector, have neglected using multiple variables and therefore have not been as comprehensive. Information Theory and Best Practices in the IT Industry fills this void by examining benchmarking in the business of software development and studying how it is affected by development process, application type, hardware platforms used, and many other variables. Information Theory and Best Practices in the IT Industry begins by examining practices of benchmarking productivity and critically appraises them. Next the book identifies different variables which affect productivity and variables that affect quality, developing useful equations that explaining their relationships. Finally these equations and findings are applied to case studies. Utilizing this book, practitioners can decide about what emphasis they should attach to different variables in their own companies, while seeking to optimize productivity and defect density.

Benchmarking Water Services

Benchmarking Water Services
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Publisher : IWA Publishing
Total Pages : 185
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ISBN-10 : 9781843391982
ISBN-13 : 1843391988
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Benchmarking Water Services by : Enrique Cabrera Jr

Benchmarking has become a key tool in the water industry to promote and achieve performance targets for utilities. The use of this tool for performance improvement through systematic search and adaptation of leading practices, has expanded globally during the past decade. Many ongoing projects worldwide aim to address different needs and objectives, in varying contexts, with outstanding results and impact. Benchmarking Water Services provides valuable information to everyone interested in benchmarking in the water industry. The text is aimed at utilities considering joining a benchmarking project, experienced practitioners in charge of organizing a benchmarking exercise, consultants, regulators and researchers. The document is presented with a clear practice oriented approach and can be used as a how-to-benchmark guide presented from different perspectives (participants, organizers, supervising bodies). Readers will gain practical insight on real life benchmarking practices and will benefit from the experiences gained in some of the leading benchmarking projects of the water industry (including the IWA-WSAA benchmarking efforts, the European Benchmarking Co-operation and the several benchmarking projects carried out in Austria and Central Europe). The manual also presents the new IWA Benchmarking Framework, which aims to harmonize the terms used to describe benchmarking and performance indicators practices in the water industry, guaranteeing a more fluent and efficient communication. This Manual of Best Practice is edited by the IWA Specialist Group on Benchmarking and Performance Assessment, and co-published by AWWA and IWA Publishing. Praise for Benchmarking Water Services: "The continual trend of conceptual to specifics throughout the book provides for an educational experience each time the book is either casually perused or carefully studied." "The authors (Cabrera, Haskins and Fritiz) diligently pursue the focus of improvement." "Benchmarking Water Services is an in depth and practical ‘must have’ guide for any utility currently engaged in or planning to develop a benchmarking process" - Gregory M. Baird (2012) Benchmarking: An International Journal 19:2. More information about the book can be found on the Water Wiki in an article written by the author: http://www.iwawaterwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Articles/TheNewIWABenchmarkingFramework A Spanish language version of this book is available as a free eBook: http://www.iwawaterwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Articles/eBookTitlesfromIWAPublishingFreetoDownload-Volume2#HBenchmarkingParaServiciosdeAgua

Strategic Benchmarking Reloaded with Six Sigma

Strategic Benchmarking Reloaded with Six Sigma
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 358
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ISBN-10 : 9780470130544
ISBN-13 : 0470130547
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Strategic Benchmarking Reloaded with Six Sigma by : Gregory H. Watson

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