Start networking and exchanging professional insights

Register now or log in to join your professional community.

Follow

Define the term benchmarking?

user-image
Question added by Maalik Muhamed , Deputy Mill Manager , AZANIA GROUP OF COMPANYS
Date Posted: 2014/05/09
Fazal Ebrahim Dawood
by Fazal Ebrahim Dawood , Chief Executive Officer , Stardist Ltd

in simple terms : to compare yourself to and understand the difference between you and the best performers in the category. 

Khatim Abbas Seed
by Khatim Abbas Seed , BUSINESS CONSULTANT , Google

Benchmarking is comparing. In business sense, it is the process of comparing (your) business's element to those of others (mostly best competitors) using certain metrics and applying to specific dimensions or business processes.

Divyesh Patel
by Divyesh Patel , Assistant Professional Officer- Treasury , City Of Cape Town

Benchmarking is a continuous, systematic process for evaluating products, services and work processes.

Almutaz Bakry Sidahmed
by Almutaz Bakry Sidahmed , Internal Audit Manager , Banan real estate

It is an ongoing process that entails quantitative and qualitative measurement of the difference between company's performance of an activity and the performance of the best in the world or in the industry. It involves continuously evaluating the practices of best in class organization and adapting company processes to incorporate the best of these practices.

zafar abbas minhas
by zafar abbas minhas , Freelance Writer , DAILY MASHRAQ

BENCH MARKING is a standard set by either your company or brand leader, 

SHAIKH MOHAMMED BASHEER AHMED SHAIKH
by SHAIKH MOHAMMED BASHEER AHMED SHAIKH , Account Manager , Tarik Al Zahid Holding Company

Benchmarking refers to the  comparison of an organization's practices and performance against those of others. It seeks to identify standards, or "best practices," to apply in measuring and improving performance.

Ahmed Al Saeed- MBA
by Ahmed Al Saeed- MBA , Sales Manager , Al Rai Media Group

it's manily a way of gauging your performance by comparing it to either industry averages or to the rule of thump (industry best practices). you need to compare your performance to a very similar organization or product. If your product is new and no similar products are available, then you may need to implement Analogy (partial comparison) rather than Benchmarking.

 

Nisar Khan
by Nisar Khan , Sr.Buyer " Fashion Retail-Textile" , Fawaz Abdullaziz Al Hokair & Co.

It is a test to compare performance,most of the trades will develop thier own benchmark test which they will use to review class of products.

Elizabeth Adeniran
by Elizabeth Adeniran , Safety Representative and Health and Safety Committee , J.C VAN DER LINDE & VENTER PROJECTS

Benchmark is Standard from my point of view. Its class and it is up to us to keep such class and standard ongoing. It creates good clients to approach you as an individual and as you working for a company and as a company itself. Benchmark can increase global eye towards a company. Everyone one loves to associate themselves with people that perludes quantity and quality in their way of working as a matter of standards.

Ahmad Talaat
by Ahmad Talaat , Sales Supervisor , ( Esmaiel Bahman Company ( Moulinex

Benchmarking is a quality improvement tool that identifies: What you're doing ?How you're doing it?How others do it?How well you're doing it in reference to measures?What and how to improve?

Deleted user
by Deleted user

Benchmarking is the process of comparing one's business processes and performance metrics to industry bests or best practices from other industries. Dimensions typically measured are quality, time and cost. In the process of best practice benchmarking, management identifies the best firms in their industry, or in another industry where similar processes exist, and compares the results and processes of those studied (the "targets") to one's own results and processes. In this way, they learn how well the targets perform and, more importantly, the business processes that explain why these firms are successful.

More Questions Like This