Comments on: Benchmarking Definition: Best Practice, Pros, and Cons https://6sigma.com/benchmarking/ Six Sigma Certification and Training Fri, 28 Feb 2025 09:08:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: Brian Buck https://6sigma.com/benchmarking/#comment-25428 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:31:47 +0000 https://opexlearning.com/resources/?p=7431#comment-25428 I would add one more problem about benchmarking:

4. If you are the “best practice” benchmark, you are less likely to try to improve. There is no burning platform if you are trying to hit an industry benchmark instead of striving to improve your own best results. Continuous improvement means no settling!

Great post!

]]> By: JT https://6sigma.com/benchmarking/#comment-25427 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:55:08 +0000 https://opexlearning.com/resources/?p=7431#comment-25427 I might be using the term in a different way, but I consider benchmarking essential. I take a benchmark to set a baseline before I start experimenting to see if my hypothesis is true. I’m less concerned about what others are doing relative to the benchmark, but where I’m at. It helps to answer the question, “If I do X what do I hope the net effect of my efforts will be?” And later, “Now that I’ve done X, how has that affected performance/quality/revenue?”

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