An Analysis of Benchmarking Including the Scope, Practices, and Utilities from over 200 Companies.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c26754) has announced the addition of The State of Benchmarking to their offering.

As a follow-up to 1997's Benchmarking Benchmarking, The State of Benchmarking provides the latest updates in the ongoing project to discover best practices in benchmarking research and application. The topics studied in this report are:

--demographics,

--time allocation,

--reporting structure,

--benchmarking experience,

--use of other quality tools,

--barriers and challenges,

--use of benchmarking outcomes,

--structure,

--outsourcing activities,

--documentation and reporting,

--use of business cases,

--staffing,

--types of projects,

--benchmarking inquiries, and

--processes being benchmarked.

The State of Benchmarking offers a fresh perspective on the scope, practices, and utility of benchmarking at a wide range of enterprises. More than 200 organizations provided data concerning their benchmarking operations, and this data has been aggregated and normalized to ensure applicability for organizations of any size, in any industry.

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c26754