The Challenge
Have you ever wanted to know how your organization compares to other companies? Or, how one of your departments or divisions compares to the other departments or divisions? Comparison around employee productivity, staffing levels, compensation, manufacturing costs, profit margins, revenue? Benchmarking is the technique for creating "apples to apples" comparisons that can uncover organizational vulnerabilities, highlight competitive advantages, or highlight what practices are giving other organizations an advantage. This data doesn't grow on trees and making the data "apples to apples" requires a lot of hard work. But, the insight that is gained justifies the effort.

The Solution
Accèvero Group can help your organization uncover this detailed insight. Typical activities in a benchmarking project include:

• Defining benchmarking objectives (e.g., high-level comparison to identify weakest areas, precise productivity comparisons to make compensation decisions)
• Determining comparison areas and metrics (e.g., revenue per sales rep, output per hour)
• Determining comparison organizations (e.g., 5 largest competitors, all sales teams)
• Collecting data and "cleansing" it for comparability
• Identifying areas for improvement
  

Projects are always custom-tailored and, depending on client needs, can range in scope from a detailed financial benchmarking of various competitors to a "quick and dirty" high-level metrics. Review a case study or contact us about your specific needs.

The Benefits
Client benefits typically include:

• Understanding how the client organization compares to other organizations based on hard facts (e.g., orders processed per hour, revenue per sales rep, average manufacturing cost per unit)
• Understanding what practices are giving the other organizations any advantages (e.g., better staffing strategies, more efficient processes)