LEADER 04395nam 2200565 a 450 001 9910777369103321 005 20230421041903.0 010 $a1-4175-2428-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000000887 035 $a(EBL)3116941 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000110241 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11778077 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110241 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10059790 035 $a(PQKB)10626444 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3116941 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3116941 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10058806 035 $a(OCoLC)922967039 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000000887 100 $a19951102d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBenchmarking basics$b[electronic resource] $elooking for a better way /$fJames G. Patterson 210 $aMenlo Park, Calif. $cCrisp Publications$dc1996 215 $a1 online resource (94 p.) 225 1 $aA Fifty-Minute series book 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-56052-356-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 73-74). 327 $a""TITLE""; ""COPYRIGHT""; ""PREFACE""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHOR""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SECTION I Benchmarking: What About It?""; ""OBJECTIVES""; ""WHAT IS BENCHMARKING?""; ""Understanding Benchmarking: The First Steps""; ""THE ORIGINS OF BENCHMARKING""; ""WHY USE BENCHMARKING?""; ""DEFINE YOUR BENCHMARKING OBJECTIVES""; ""Xerox: A Case in Point""; ""Xerox Benchmarking Partners""; ""OTHER SUCCESSFUL BENCHMARKERS""; ""STATOIL: SUCCESSFUL BENCHMARKING IN EUROPE""; ""A European Benchmarking Success Story""; ""An Historical Example"" 327 $a""CASE STUDY: A Creative Solution""""SECTION II Why Benchmarking?""; ""WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS TO BENCHMARKING?""; ""OBJECTIONS TO BENCHMARKING""; ""Should You Benchmark?""; ""Convincing Your Boss""; ""SECTION III Types of Benchmarking""; ""SIX TYPES OF BENCHMARKING""; ""Convincing Your Competitor""; ""DECIDING WHAT KIND IS BEST FOR YOU""; ""Internal Benchmarking""; ""Competitive Benchmarking""; ""Collaborative Benchmarking""; ""Shadow Benchmarking""; ""Functional Benchmarking""; ""World-Class Benchmarking""; ""Applying Benchmarking""; ""GOING IT ALONE OR USING A CONSULTANT"" 327 $a""BENCHMARKING FOR INDIVIDUALS""""Important Questions to Ask""; ""BENCHMARKING FOR SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS""; ""SECTION IV Ready, Set, Go!""; ""BEFORE YOU START TO BENCHMARK""; ""Are You Ready to Benchmark?""; ""What You Should Benchmark""; ""Business Process Rankings""; ""Benchmarking Trends""; ""LEARNING TO BENCHMARK: THE PDCA CYCLE""; ""BENCHMARKING WITH THE PDCA CYCLE""; ""EXERCISE: Benchmarking Partner Criteria Matrix""; ""BENCHMARKING ACTION PLAN CHECKLIST""; ""PDCA Benchmarking Step-by-Step""; ""THE ETHICS OF BENCHMARKING""; ""SOLUTIONS TO COMMON BENCHMARKING MISTAKES"" 327 $a""Mistake 1: Lack of Leadership""""Mistake 2: Picking the Wrong People for Your Benchmarking Team""; ""Mistake 3: Failing to Consider Strategic Long-Term Objectives""; ""Mistake 4: Too Many People on the Team""; ""Mistake 5: Teams Taking on Too Much""; ""Mistake 6: Leadership Underestimates Time Commitments""; ""Mistake 7: Picking the Wrong Benchmarking Partners""; ""Mistake 8: Assuming Every Project Needs a Site Visit""; ""Mistake 9: Management Failing to Inspect Benchmarking Results""; ""Mistake 10: Failing to Identify Targets in Advance""; ""Mistake 11: Collecting Too Much Data"" 327 $a""Mistake 12: Focusing on Numerical Targets Rather Than the Process""""BENCHMARKING QUICK CHECK""; ""BENCHMARKING REVIEW""; ""IN CONCLUSION""; ""SECTION V Appendix""; ""QUALITY AND BENCHMARKING REFERENCES""; ""World Wide Web (WWW) Pages of Interest""; ""Usenet Groups of Interest""; ""THE MALCOLM BALDRIGE NATIONAL QUALITY AWARD CRITERIA""; ""THE MALCOLM BALDRIGE NATIONAL QUALITY AWARD CRITERIA""; ""The Four Elements""; ""1995 BALDRIGE AWARD EXAMINATION CRITERIAa???ITEM LISTING"" 410 0$aFifty-Minute series. 606 $aBenchmarking (Management) 615 0$aBenchmarking (Management) 676 $a658.5/62 700 $aPatterson$b James G$0283947 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777369103321 996 $aBenchmarking basics$93815228 997 $aUNINA