LEADER 05434nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910145554103321 005 20170809155612.0 010 $a1-119-19664-7 010 $a1-281-28431-9 010 $a9786611284312 010 $a0-470-13054-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000411217 035 $a(EBL)335696 035 $a(OCoLC)437204751 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000251988 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12093004 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000251988 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10176267 035 $a(PQKB)10586396 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC335696 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000411217 100 $a20061002d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStrategic benchmarking reloaded with six sigma$b[electronic resource] $eimprove your company's performance using global best practice /$fGregory H. Watson 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aHoboken, N.J. $cJohn Wiley & Sons$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (358 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-470-06908-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 304-308) and index. 327 $aStrategic Benchmarking Reloaded with Six Sigma; Contents; Preface; THE ORIGINS OF STRATEGIC BENCHMARKING; BENCHMARKING AS AMANAGEMENT PRACTICE; THE BUSINESS BENEFITS OF STRATEGIC BENCHMARKING; THE CONTRIBUTION OF SIX SIGMA TO BENCHMARKING; ORGANIZATION OF THIS BOOK; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Benchmarking: The First 25 Years (1979-2004); THE DAWN BEFORE BENCHMARKING SCIENCE; BENCHMARKING-AN OPPORTUNITY THAT EMERGED FROM A CRISIS; MEANWHILE, CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS AND SHARING FLOURISHED; THE DIFFUSION OF BENCHMARKING AS A PRACTICE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE PRACTICE OF BENCHMARKING 327 $aMAINSTREAMING BENCHMARKING INTO BUSINESSCHALLENGES OF THE COMING YEARS AND E-BENCHMARKING; CONCLUSION; Part I: The Business Context of Benchmarking; Chapter 1: Stimulating Business Improvement by Benchmarking; INTRODUCTION; BENCHMARKING DEFINED ACCORDING TO CATEGORIES OF PRACTICE; BENCHMARKING DEFINED ACCORDING TO SOURCES OF DATA; DEFINITIONS OF THE COMPONENTS OF A PROCESS BENCHMARKING STUDY; BENCHMARKING-A DISCIPLINE IN TOTAL QUALITYMANAGEMENT; UNDERSTANDING THE LOGIC OF A BENCHMARKING STUDY; SUMMARY OF EFFECTIVE BENCHMARKING PRACTICE 327 $aChapter 2: Linking Six Sigma to Strategic Planning and BenchmarkingAPPLYING A SYSTEMS APPROACH; STIMULUS: BEST PRACTICE OR THEORY OF OPERATIONS?; INVESTIGATING THE NATURE OF CHANGE; THE THEORY OF THEORIES; LEVERAGING CHANGE FOR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; MANAGING YOUR ABILITY TO KNOW AND LEARN; ESTIMATING THE PREDICTABILITY OF PERFORMANCE; EVALUATING YOUR BUSINESS AS A SYSTEM; RECOGNIZING THE LEVERS OF CHANGE; LEARNING TO SEE DIFFERENTLY-SIX SIGMA RECOGNIZE; IMPROVING BY ADAPTATION-COMPLEXITY IS REALITY; LEARNING FROM COMPLEXITY THEORY; EXPLORATION VERSUS EXPLOITATION 327 $aMANAGING YOUR CORE BUSINESS PROCESSESINTEGRATING BENCHMARKING WITH STRATEGIC PLANNING; DOING BENCHMARKING-BEING DANTOTSU!; Part II: The Process of Benchmarking; Chapter 3: Understanding the Essence of Process Benchmarking; INTRODUCTION; BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AS A PROCESS; BENCHMARKINGWAS DEVELOPED AS AN ART AND IS TRANSITIONING TO A SCIENCE; LOADING SIX SIGMA INTO PROCESS BENCHMARKING; WHAT IS THE SIX SIGMA DMAIC PROCESS?; THE PROCESS OF BENCHMARKING; APPLYING THE BENCHMARKING PROCESS TO CONDUCT A STUDY; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; BENEFITS AND PITFALLS OF BENCHMARKING 327 $aSUMMARYChapter 4: Making Statistical Comparisons in Benchmarking; INTRODUCTION; CONTRIBUTION OF THE SIX SIGMAMOVEMENT; THE NATURE OF COMPARISON; THE NATURE OF PERFORMANCEMEASUREMENT; TYPES OF DATA USED FOR COMPARISON; COLLECTING DATA TO EVALUATE PERFORMANCE; JUDGING THE GOODNESS OF AMEASUREMENT SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FUNDAMENTALS; THE SUPERIORITY OF STATISTICAL COMPARISONS; TYPES OF BENCHMARKING COMPARISONS; GRAPHICAL PRESENTATION OF BENCHMARKING STUDY RESULTS; VERBAL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE STUDY RESULTS; WHAT CAN GOWRONG IN A STATISTICAL COMPARISON?; SUMMARY OF COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS 327 $aChapter 5: Applying Benchmarking Results for Maximum Utility 330 $aA new update of the classic text on benchmarkingStrategic Benchmarking Reloaded with Six Sigma updates benchmarking, the revolutionary business performance methodology, by adding statistical concepts from Six Sigma. 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