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  Benchmarking

Benchmarking is a tool to help your business improve its processes. Any and all processes can be benchmarked. The most effective benchmarking process measures your performance against not just your sector but across a wide variety of industries. If you are constantly asking yourself:

How are we doing and how do we compare to our competitors'
What lessons can be learnt from others’
How did we improve and what parts of our business should we concentrate on’
What is best practice’

Then we can provide you with the tools you will need to be a Winning Company.

   
 
 
What is a Winning Company?


Lead by visionary, enthusiastic champions of change.
Leaders have a vision that is owned throughout the organisation
Build demanding but realistic targets into the business strategy
Are champions for change who lead by example and accept managed risk
Generate an open communicative management style throughout the organisation
Focus on their customers


"Key Features of a Winning Company"


Know their Customers


Know and anticipate the future needs of their customers
Have a realistic understanding of their competitors and how to beat them in competition for the customers
Know the drivers in their market
Focus on the customer and cultivate an active partnership towards total customer satisfaction
Collaborate with customers, other companies, suppliers and academia to maximise capabilities and minimise risk

Unlock the Potential of their people

Empower all employees by creating individual ownership and focus on customers
Simplify the internal systems wherever possible
Clearly communicate company performance
Encourage a team approach
Train at all levels; professional development, multi-skilling, updating
Measure and benchmark performance against direct comptetitors and other companies in other sectors
Install information and financial systems focused on rapid provision of customer relevant data

Deliver Products and Services that exceed their customer expectations

Adopt a philosophy of total quality in all company behaviour that emphasises delighting the customer will all aspects of the products and services
Measure customer perceptions of products and service
Deliver continuous improvements in all added value aspects
Seek to continuously reduce customer costs
Develop partnerships with their suppliers
Ensure that you always give value for money

Continuously Introduce differentiated products and services

Exploit new technology or legislation to drive new product innovation
Customise the product and service
Radically improve speed to market
Adopt multi-functional teams to drive innovations forward

     
If you would like to know more about the Winning Company Programme contact: Mike Fleming on: 0191 3883377 or E-Mail: Straughans@Straughans.co.uk
 

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