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Applied Benchmarking for Competitiveness: A Guide for SME Owner/Managers
Oak Tree Press , Dec 2004
Applied Benchmarking for Competitiveness presents the proven results of an adaptation process, where Irish small and medium-sized companies have used a combination of benchmarking and world class techniques (Just In Time, Total Quality Management, Lean Production, Value Analysis and Value Engineering, Quality Function Deployment, Six Sigma) to improve their businesses' profitability, their capabilities and their performance.
Enterprise Ireland's experience with benchmarking and best practice, working with Irish companies, shows that this approach works and leads to improved competitiveness. The tools, techniques and concepts and approaches presented in this book have been developed and proven with small and medium-sized businesses located in Ireland over the past 10 years – case studies outline the results achieved. Much of the work has been supported by academic research.
The book includes a brief overview of the Irish economy over the past decade, as well sources of further information.
Applied Benchmarking for Competitiveness is a simple, proven approach to help small and medium-sized companies to diagnose objectively, efficiently and effectively their current situation and to take steps to improve performance, through a combination of benchmarking and World Class Business techniques.
Who should read this book?
Owner/managers of small and medium-sized businesses and consultants/advisers to same.
Case Studies
Burnside Autocyl Ltd
Killala Precision Components Ltd
C & C Springs Ltd
Dingle Lamps
ColourBooks Ltd
International Meat Ingredients
Tanco Engineering Ltd
Burnside Autocyl Ltd 2
Medentech Ltd
Richard Keenan & Co Ltd
PB Machine Tech Ltd
Erin Foods
Neesons
De Bruin Iasc Teoranta
Kent Stainless
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