Benchmarking process can be effectively
used in a variety of industries in many different of areas, such as technology,
manufacturing, operations, management, purchasing, supplier selection, training,
finance, business and marketing, etc. Some examples in the high tech
manufacturing area are:
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Self assessment | ||||||||
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Accelerated
growth rate | ||||||||
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Identification
of best-of -breed manufacturing equipment for a new Fab | ||||||||
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Yield
improvement | ||||||||
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Productivity
enhancement | ||||||||
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Faster/effective
technology transfer into a Fab for volume production | ||||||||
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Faster
time to market | ||||||||
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Higher
or improved return on investment | ||||||||
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Technical
or business alliance development | ||||||||
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Improved
supplier relations | ||||||||
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Effective
supplier management | ||||||||
| Identification
of best practices in
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| Cost effective inventory management |
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