Benchmarking is a process by which a company compares its own practices to those of another company, usually a leading company in the same industry. By finding out what a successful competitor does ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Bendor-Samuel is founder & executive chairman of Everest Group. Companies typically help inform decisions regarding peer ...

However, benchmarking remains a highly useful tool for establishing important metrics as Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), profitability, and compensation levels. Benchmarking looks outward to find ...

Frederick (Maryland) Memorial Healthcare System lost $1 million in just one month during the fall 2008 — a loss that was unheard of for the system and due largely to a volume drop on the heels of the ...

Some industry experts believe managed account performance should not be benchmarked against an index but instead against an investor’s unique individual goals. A critical question for advisers to ask ...

New research paper titled “How to Report and Benchmark Emerging Field-Effect Transistors” was published from researchers at NIST, Purdue University, UCLA, Theiss Research, Peking University, NYU, Imec ...

In the late 1970s, Xerox became the first major U.S. corporation to benchmark. The company analyzed all of its key business functions and then compared the analysis to similar counterparts in other ...