Benchmarking |
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Every business faces competition. But
unlike football teams, in business you don’t have the luxury
of league tables to tell you how you are performing against your
rivals. So you are not quite sure if you are a Champions League
contender or in the relegation battle. Benchmarking takes an objective
look at your business and compares you against other similar sized
companies in your market sector.
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The resulting report identifies your
strengths, weaknesses and provides an objective view of your performance
based on real measures.
The resulting information is analysed by a skilled consultant (who
has carried out in excess of 300 benchmarks) to identify the route
causes of any weaknesses and their effects on other parts of the
business. The report and consultation will explore the cause and
effect analysis and help you to define an action plan to achieve
improvements.
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The Benchmark is a focused strategic
planning tool that provides you with a holistic view of your business
performance
helping you to understand the drivers behind movement (up and down)
of business results. These drivers fall into four categories based
around the Balanced Scorecard:-
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Without specific knowledge of these drivers and how they affect
the business, your organisation might spend much time, money and
effort and achieve very little.
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The benchmarking process is the
perfect tool to help develop a strategic
plan for the future – contact
us to find out more.
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“Benchmarking has proved to
be one of the most powerful and
valuable business development tools
for many years”
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Cranfield School of Management
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“Graham has carried out over 300 benchmark reviews
in the last 4 years on
behalf of Business Link Sussex. Customer feedback indicates a
very high
level appreciation of his insight as well as his ability to identify
linkages between problem areas and action needed to improve business
performance.
Graham has delivered Master Class Training for the
DTI Benchmarking Tool
throughout the UK, delivered a keynote speech at a National Seminar
on
Benchmarking and written a number of articles on Benchmarking
Techniques for
specialist Newsletters.”
David Ripley
Business Development & Networks Manager
Business Link Sussex
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