Any firm participating in external (or inter‐firm) benchmarking anticipates at least two benefits: useful statistics on … actions. Using data from a five‐year benchmarking program for firms engaged in import operations, this research illustrates … quantitative data, the structure of ongoing inter‐firm benchmarking programs must facilitate the firms’ receipt of information that …

also used for benchmarking the company’s health and safety management system. The audit programme, which was based on the … performance, which were identified in the benchmarking exercise, are discussed.  …

Fuzzy logic approaches were only benchmarked. Also, the benchmarking exercise was done only in one manufacturing … organization. Practical implications – The benchmarking study was conducted in a manufacturing organization. The practitioners … benchmarking study between two approaches for agility assessment was found to be original and adds value to the agility assessment …

that of ANFIS approach is found to be 5.84 to facilitate benchmarking of leanness evaluation. After finding weaker areas …

/methodology/approach – This work is considered as a case study. The study integrates the benchmarking and classification concepts for this …. Integrating supplier risk is based on the applications of benchmarking (i.e. the use of the ratio-format indicators) and … importance of benchmarking in strengthening the supplier management processes. It also highlights the practicality and benefits …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe benchmarking to evaluate the product development process (PDP) from …