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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450400803321

Titolo

Benchmarking in services [[electronic resource] /] / guest editors, Jaideep G. Motwani and Victor E. Sower

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2006

ISBN

1-280-54713-8

9786610547135

1-84663-029-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (163 p.)

Collana

Benchmarking, an international journal ; ; v.13, no. 3

Altri autori (Persone)

MotwaniJaideep G

SowerVictor E

Disciplina

658/.562

Soggetti

Benchmarking (Management)

Total quality management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Guest editorial; Identifying and studying "best-performing" services; Profitability in professional sports and benchmarking: the case of NBA franchises; The internal performance measures of bank lending: a value-added approach; Integrating quality function deployment and benchmarking to achieve greater profitability; A framework for information services: benchmarking for countries and companies; Laboratory service evaluation: laboratory product model and the supply chain

Understanding the challenges of implementing best practices in hospitality and tourism SMEsBenchmarking customer service on the internet: best practices from family businesses; Success factors for achieving high service revenues in manufacturing companies

Sommario/riassunto

Benchmarking is defined as "an improvement process in which a company measures its performance against that of best-in-class companies, determines how those companies achieved their performance levels, and uses the information to improve its own performance."  (Bemowski, 1992, p. 20).  Under the best of circumstances, benchmarking can be difficult, time-consuming, and



costly. Service benchmarking is made more difficult than benchmarking in manufacturing because it appears that those things which are important to the customer may differ significantly from one service industry to another (Sower,