Rubber & Plastics News, August 24th, 1998
We're supposed to be living in the "information age," with virtually limitless access to essential data.
File that in the same drawer marked "paperless office."
As ISO, QS and other programs become invasive, manufacturers increasingly are forced to undergo a form of corporate soul-searching known as benchmarking.
Benchmarking--measuring up to the competition--requires solid statistical data on both your own company and the industry. Gathering data on your firm should be relatively straightforward, but where does a small company with limited resources come up with reliable statistics?
The...
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