Due to recent legislation, Benchmarking in the German water and sewerage sector will be introduced as widely as …. I will define two sets of conditions. First, a useful benchmarking initiative should fulfil certain criteria outlined in … comparisons in the future. Second, a German benchmarking system should be as flexible as possible. A system which is comparable to …

distribution companies in Germany. We address traditional issues in electricity sector benchmarking, such as the role of scale …

This paper analyses what is understood by the “key players” involved in the promotion of benchmarking, within a … comparative context looking at Germany and the UK. A content analysis of the key components of benchmarking in the leading texts …, trade unions and government bodies in the dissemination and implementation of benchmarking at the company level. The paper …

difficult to increase service revenues successfully. Design/methodology/approach – An extensive benchmarking project was … in manufacturing companies. By reviewing the first benchmarking findings with companies that struggled to achieve a high …

. The process presented integrates performance measures, process cost accounting tools and benchmarking. Design … benchmarking tool. Findings – The new tool provides information not only about costs, but also about the following non …

This article shows the use of benchmarking for the spare parts logistics in the German mechanical industry (investment … goods or capital goods). After pointing out the areas of benchmarking application, the use of total function deployment (TFD …) for the evaluation of benchmarking metrics is explained. With TFD customer requirements on spare parts supply and the …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the applicability of current benchmarking proposals for small and … medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and to suggest a condensed process for logistics benchmarking in SMEs. Design … logistics benchmarking and typical SME restrictions in benchmarking. Available approaches to benchmarking are discussed and …

benchmarking four key players: Fiat AG, Nissan Deutchland, Toyota GmbH, and Ford Werk AG. Describes the factors responsible for the …