Benchmarking 2.0

Benchmarking 2.0 - The Future of Benchmarking!

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This forum was created to encourage a dialogue on the present and future of benchmarking and is hosted by Max.Net (UK) Ltd at www.max-net.co.uk. Please register and join the debate!

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  • Iain Wood
  • Dale F. Weeks
  • Evvy Lawrence
  • Simone Smolinska
  • Michael
  • Kaushik Trivedi
  • Jen Thomas
  • Jason Ratcliffe
  • Gabor Lantos
  • Cathelijne van Vliet
  • Job Folbert
  • Joost Kooman
  • Robin Mann
  • Brendan Dunphy
  • Tony Strange
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Brendan Dunphy

When to Benchmark? And when not....?

This article on Forbes suggests benchmarking peers and competitors may be misleading in times of 'disruption' ie step changes due to technology, changed regulation, economic crises etc; This is not a…Continue

Started by Brendan Dunphy in Sample Title Jun 12, 2009.

Brendan Dunphy

Joint Venture Farming Group (UK) Benchmarking Results 2008

A good example of a small group of users with a common interest to improve performance and drive-down costs using benchmarking as the tool. Full pdf available at…Continue

Started by Brendan Dunphy in Sample Title Jun 11, 2009.

Job Folbert

Marketing through research

Many companies target their markets by circulating case studies and whitepapers. Generating interest for your services in this way is cost effective and yields qualified leads.So: what if you could…Continue

Tags: download, upload, generate, leads, whitepaper

Started by Job Folbert in Sample Title Jun 3, 2009.

Brendan Dunphy

The future roll of benchmarking in price setting for iron ore

This article from the Guardian explains why there is a move away from benchmark pricing for iron ore (something tha has provided…Continue

Started by Brendan Dunphy in Sample Title May 29, 2009.

Brendan Dunphy

Center for Internet Security Announces Public Release of Consensus Metrics for Information Security

"Organizations struggle to make cost-effective security investment decisions; information security professionals lack widely accepted and unambiguous metrics for decision support. CIS established a…Continue

Started by Brendan Dunphy in Sample Title May 25, 2009.

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Marketing through research

Many companies target their markets by circulating case studies and whitepapers. Generating interest for your services in this way is cost effective and yields qualified leads.So: what if you could post your research or abstracts of your research, generate some qualified leads and then have these leads visit your profile and interact on a more personal basis?Would this help you realize better conversion? I like to think so. That's why we offer exactly these services at The House Of Business,…See More
Discussion posted by Job Folbert Jun 3, 2009
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Evvy Lawrence is now a member of Benchmarking 2.0 May 31, 2009
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The future roll of benchmarking in price setting for iron ore

This article from the Guardian explains why there is a move away from benchmark pricing for iron ore (something tha has provided relative stabity for the iron ore industry) unlike for other metals and commodities where price has fluctuated more widely.So What?Where to benchmark is one challenge; how to use and apply the data and insights generated entirely another, as this article illustrates. Do you have any experience that…See More
Discussion posted by Brendan Dunphy May 29, 2009
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Five Ways to Use Benchmarking to Cut Information Technology Costs

"Clients are using benchmarking to quickly and cost-effectively assess unsolicited vendor price reduction proposals. Clients and vendors are investigating alternatives to exercising third-party benchmarking clauses. IT organizations are using benchmarking to quickly assess global sourcing alternatives.Increased use of benchmarking results will support large global organizations as they balance their worldwide service portfolios. Mature benchmarking processes allow customers to fine tune…See More
Discussion posted by Giorgio Blengino Mar 19, 2009
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Benchmark study on innovation-based competitiveness

ITIF (The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation) recentrly released a special report to measure the global innovation-based competitiveness of 36 countries and 4 regions. The results of this benchmarking study, based on 16 indicators, showed performance in overall and also listed the score change in the decade 1999-2009. The overall ranking sees Singapore at the top, with Sweden and Luxembourg sharing the podium. The US are in 6th position, UK 8th and EU25 at 20th. In the last…See More
Discussion posted by Giorgio Blengino Mar 16, 2009
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Blog Posts

Brendan Dunphy

New US Healthcare benchmark survey looking for participants....

....see http://sev.prnewswire.com/health-care-hospitals/20090115/AQTH01215012009-1.html for full details.



"CHICAGO, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2009 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study, one of the leading IT benchmarking tools in health care, is online beginning today. Open to all hospitals and health systems, the survey measures hospital IT activities in five key areas: business processes, customer service, safety and quality, workforce and public health and safety.… Continue

Posted by Brendan Dunphy on January 19, 2009 at 10:49am

Brendan Dunphy

Now on Linked In too!

We have created a Benchmarking group on Linked In where we will cross-post some (though not all) content from this forum in the future. The popularity of Linked In for business users and the recent release of Linked In Groups means we can use it to attract new members and contributors and raise the profile of benchmarking at the same time. Feel free to join the group there too!…

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Posted by Brendan Dunphy on December 30, 2008 at 3:24pm

Brendan Dunphy

BBC Radio 4's 'More or Less: behind the stats'



I just came across this series 'More or Less: behind the stats' . This half-hour programme is broadcast live in the UK at 1330 on Friday afternoons and repeated at 2000 on Sundays on Radio 4. Its also available via podcast from the link above so no excuse to miss it!



Although its content tends to relate to stats in the UK news it is entertaining and relevant to all of us… Continue

Posted by Brendan Dunphy on December 20, 2008 at 10:12am

Brendan Dunphy

Innovation benchmarking - an untapped opportunity?

According to this recently published McKinsey survey Assessing innovation metrics: McKinsey Global Survey Results '49 percent of the respondents say they don’t benchmark themselves against competitors on any of the innovation metrics they use, while 43 percent say that they do.'



McKinsey go on to say 'In addition, though… Continue

Posted by Brendan Dunphy on December 8, 2008 at 9:30pm

Brendan Dunphy

Benchmarking gets a bad rap from Dan White in Ireland.....

Dan White in this opinion piece "Hey, Minister here's my Budget -- and it really does work" confuses the results of benchmarking and their misuse by those that commissioned the benchmark;



"Bin benchmarking: The first benchmarking report pushed up public sector pay by almost 9pc. The public sector unions were supposed to deliver improved… Continue

Posted by Brendan Dunphy on December 8, 2008 at 11:58am — 2 Comments

 
 
 

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