Benchmarking is a process by which a company compares its own practices to those of another company, usually a leading company in the same industry. By finding out what a successful competitor does ...

Benchmarking can be a daunting process. From data collection to actionable solutions, the process is deeply involved. Marcy Sasso, CASC, director of compliance and operations at Sasso Consulting, ...

Management theory and practice have long established a link between effective performance measures and effective management (Drucker, 1995). The effectiveness of any given performance measure depends ...

The app market is robust and growing. The App Store and Google Play currently offer 2.0 and 3.8 million apps respectively, and mobile apps are expected to generate about 189 billion dollars in revenue ...

Fleet benchmarking is a strategic process that involves comparing your fleet's performance metrics against industry standards or best practices to identify areas of improvement and optimize operations ...

Benchmarking is critically important. The old sayings about “What gets measured gets managed” and “If you cannot measure, you cannot improve” are true. We must measure performance, and we must have ...

Firms are always comparing themselves to their competition, to their industry, even to different parts of their own firm. This process of evaluating yourself versus others is termed Benchmarking. It ...

In the late 1970s, Xerox became the first major U.S. corporation to benchmark. The company analyzed all of its key business functions and then compared the analysis to similar counterparts in other ...

New research paper titled “How to Report and Benchmark Emerging Field-Effect Transistors” was published from researchers at NIST, Purdue University, UCLA, Theiss Research, Peking University, NYU, Imec ...

Benchmarking has long been a source of strain for the relationship between customers and service providers. The potential for disagreements over price comparisons and contractual obligations is huge, ...

Three flash floods in the span of two months last fall in New York City serve as another example that the effects of climate change are here to stay for the foreseeable future. Recognizing that ...

Frederick (Maryland) Memorial Healthcare System lost $1 million in just one month during the fall 2008 — a loss that was unheard of for the system and due largely to a volume drop on the heels of the ...