Effective Management of Benchmarking Projects : Practical Guidelines and Examples of Best Practice (Hardcover)

Introduction; Rank Xerox: The place where the benchmarking story started; The strategic application of benchmarking for best practice: A prioritization tool; Partner selection; The ethics of benchmarking: How to handle secrecy and sensitive issues; The value of industrial visits; The value of benchmarking awards; The process of benchmarking in practice; The diversity of benchmarking: Examples of best practice; Bringing it all together: Effective project management; Index.