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Editor's Page -- Benchmark To Stay Competitive It's never been easier to participate in - and benefit from - the largest annual study of U.S. manufacturing performances and practices. |
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Plant Excellence, by the Numbers Metrics, in tandem with continuous improvement and cost reduction programs, can improve plant efficiency. |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 9, 2006
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When Benchmarks Don't Work Companies should save the benchmarking surveys for commoditized processes or services. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2009
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The Big Picture: Leadership Insights from the IW Best Plants -- DJO Aims to Never Stop Getting Better Benchmarking helps DJO improve customer service while maintaining a competitive advantage over its competition. |
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2008
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Portrait of Best-In-Class Quality Management Quality management helps you determine if your customers are satisfied. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2006
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Census of Manufacturers -- What's Working for U.S. Manufacturers The latest Census of Manufacturers reveals that lean is still the most popular improvement method. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2007
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Benchmarking Outside The Box Best practices can rise from where you least expect them. Many manufacturers are learning more about their operations by studying companies outside their industry. |
Global Services
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The Battle of Averages Which way do you go when benchmarking your providers pricing? Here is a point and a counterpoint on whether the average quartile is the right benchmark. |
IndustryWeek
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Things We Learned in the Storm Manufacturing success requires relentless pursuit of operational excellence and a committed, engaged work force. |
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2007
David Blanchard |
Benchmarking Do's and Don'ts Tips on benchmarking. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2008
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Price Check on Manufacturing A benchmarking survey polled more than 500 pricing professionals in manufacturing, distribution and industrial services to shed light on their methods, perceptions and trends in pricing practices and capabilities. |
Food Processing
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MRO Q&A: How and where can I benchmark downtime and uptime in the bagged salad industry? MRO Q&A is a Food Processing series addressing maintenance, repair and operational issues in food plants. |
On Wall Street
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Benchmarking Differs by Firm, Leaving Advisors with No Industry Comparisons Firm-wide performance benchmarking is a powerful tool, but fails to give advisors the data they want most. |
Wall Street & Technology
January 22, 2008
Penny Crosman |
Asset Managers Start Benchmarking IT Projects Against the Competition As the technology that asset managers use in all parts of the business matures, firms are questioning how their technology compares to that of the competition. |
Global Services
January 1, 2008
Deborah Kops |
Higher Standards Companies often expect that moving to an outsourcing or offshoring model results in the services equivalent of scaling tall buildings in a single leap. Are these expectations reasonable? |
IndustryWeek
June 1, 2007
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Labor Procurement nextSource Inc.'s The People Ticker, a real-time rate and salary benchmarking tool, can help manufacturers hire the right employees at the right price point based on skill set, experience and geographic location. |
IndustryWeek
December 16, 2009 |
E-Z-GO: IW Best Plants Profile 2009 E-Z-GO Charts a Course for Competitiveness: Benchmarking initiatives and employee engagement help increase market share and profitability. |
Investment Advisor
February 2008
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More Than Keeping Score An accepted principle in portfolio management is rebalancing. The same principle applies to managing your business. Each facet of your enterprise -- sales, service, human capital, technology, operations -- requires an investment of time, money, management, and energy. |
D-Lib
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The Benchmarking Forum at IPRES 2015 The International Conference on Digital Preservation, brought practitioners to discuss opportunities and challenges in adopting software benchmarking as a systematic tool for evaluating digital preservation tools. |
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October 1, 2009
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Credit Check One in seven midcap companies may be a credit risk. Are any of them tied to you? |
CFO
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Beyond Benchmarks The low-level, process-centric corporate treasury benchmarking typically touted in industry surveys and published by associations no longer delivers the insight that companies need. |
Insurance & Technology
June 1, 2006
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A Better Metric For IT Efficiency Even the most efficient IT function can't be considered excellent unless it's doing the things that really matter to the company. |
Financial Planning
January 1, 2011
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Get in Shape Managing your business, just as with your waistline, is easier when you have clear goals, committed behavior and the ability to monitor your progress against your goals. |
Wall Street & Technology
January 22, 2008
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All Trading Desks Are Not Equal With all of the resources spent on giving traders an extra edge, asset managers are benchmarking their trading capabilities abilities to learn how they stack up against their peers. |
CIO
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How to Benchmark Data Center Energy Costs Benchmarking data center energy costs is getting easier, but only if you can access the right information about power consumption. |
