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Best Practice: the most effective and efficient method of achieving any objective or task. What constitutes best practice can be determined through a process of benchmarking. An...; Best Practice definition on BNET »

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The Danger in Following Best Practices: I find myself asking this question of myself and others a few times a month when confronted with a decision I feel unequipped to answer: What are best practices used by other companies in these situations? I should learn from the experience of others, right? Why reinvent...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne, best practice; Blog posts 2008-04-25
The Danger in Following Best Practices: The Danger in Following Best PracticesBest PracticesTrue to my experience from one company to another. Best practices are a good guide, but not fool proof advice. Further, I don't think any mid, or senior manager wants to admit that the get paid to be a follower.; Tags: best practice; Discussion threads 2008-04-28
Live Webcast: Forrester Best Practices: Improve IT Service Delivery and Support: The IT help desk is the guardian of day-to-day business productivity and, more importantly, the front door to your IT organization. However, a Forrester survey reveals that only 53% of technology users at U.S. companies are satisfied with the support services they receive. Join this live TechRepublic...; Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Forrester Research Inc., business productivity, best practice, Webcast, information technology, support services, customer satisfaction, agent, survey, strategy; Webcasts 2008-05-07
Piecing Together The Web Page Puzzle: Layout Best Practices: This paper explains how to create a good Web page layout by examining page elements and arranging them in Microsoft FrontPage. While there are several ways to approach the challenge of Web page layout, some arrangements work better than others. The Microsoft FrontPage Web site creation and management tool can...; Tags: Channel management, Microsoft FrontPage, Web page, Intranet, Web, best practice, Microsoft Corp., Web site; White papers
Accounts Payable Benchmarks and Best Practices: APQC has compiled data from numerous organizations to develop benchmarking data for accounting. Download this excerpt to drill down on metrics for the accounts payable function, or just to see examples of what thorough analysis can tell you about a business process. Invoicing cost is critical, and these metrics show...; Tags: Operational accounting, Quality, APQC, accounts payable, standards, organizational structure, benchmarking, best practice, business process, accounting, analysis; White papers

Best Practice in Consumer Collections: Consumer spending is at an all-time high around the world. Competition and increased availability of additional credit mean that more consumers than ever before are able to purchase goods and services and finance them without having to pay for their entire cost in a lump sum. With the dramatic improvement...; Tags: Operational accounting, consumer credit, income, credit history, best practice, credit card, finance; White papers
Best Practices in Selecting Performance Management Solution: A new generation of sophisticated, web-based database applications is changing the way companies look at planning and financial reporting. A new generation of sophisticated, web-based database applications is changing the way companies look at planning and financial reporting. These Corporate Performance Management (CPM) applications combine a wide variety of financial...; Tags: Financial Planning, Financial accounting, Business intelligence, financial reporting, corporate performance management, financial, performance management, data source, database, best practice, Web, performance; White papers
Benchmarking Your Core Competencies?: With an advance in the strategy theory the emphasis has shifted from the ever increasing need to improve efficiency - driven by the need to respond to market demands, to a richer understanding of an organisation's core competencies and key value drivers. In today's transparent and truly global business context,...; Tags: Core Competency, Benchmarking, Best Practice, Strategy, Management; White papers
Fraternal Twins: Six Sigma & ABM: "While it's great that the Fort Worth factory is meeting its defects and cost per unit goals, how do the best manufacturers in the world measure quality, cost and cycle time?" Motorola's Director of Quality asked this question during a quarterly operations review at the Texas factory. None of the...; Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Process improvement, BetterManagement.com, Six Sigma, Motorola Inc., director, best practice, performance, industry; White papers
Five Steps To Predictable, Profitable Services: Operating through a best practice approach is critical to developing repeatable and profitable services. With predictable projects, less time will be spent solving problems and more time can be allocated to identifying ways to take the organization to the next level. The five steps outlined in this paper will help...; Tags: best practice; White papers
Balancing Measures: Best Practices in Performance Management, Part 2 of 4: There is no generic set of balanced measures that can be applied as best practice to all functions of the public sector. Certain conditions, however, need to exist within an organization for a balanced approach to performance management to be successful. A successful organization in the public sector will apply...; Tags: Business intelligence, BetterManagement.com, performance management, best practice, performance; White papers
The Search for Best Practices: An introduction to the process of benchmarking: Benchmarking is one of a number of advanced quality improvement methodologies which may be integrated into a Total Quality Management system as it matures. It is the search for best practices that will lead to superior performance in some business activity. It can enable quality improvement efforts to reach new...; Tags: benchmarking, best practice, Total Quality Management, process improvement, performance, business process; White papers
Work With Time Zones In Outlook: Time zone handling in Outlook follows standard convention where possible. Of course, one person's "standard convention" may not be another person's and that is one of the challenges of designing a scheduling product used around the world. This paper attempts to eliminate that confusion and offers some best practice tips...; Tags: Microsoft Office, Groupware, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Outlook, best practice; White papers
When Writing Isn't Enough: Best Practices for Marketing Your White Paper: Before a person markets, the person need to do two things: write a good white paper and know the ideal audience. Once a person has got those things in place, here are the 4 best practices for drawing attention to the person's white paper: catchy titles, effective promotion, customized micro...; Tags: best practice, marketing; White papers
Business Process Management II: Best Practices of Boeing and UPS: This executive summary is a follow up report to APQC's 2005 "Business Process Management" Best- practice Report. It digs deeper into how organizations are navigating the transition from functional-based to process-based and what benefits are yielded. Learn what works and what doesn't, using best-practices leading organizations leverage to truly create...; Tags: Operational planning, Business process automation, Strategy, APQC, BPM, business process, benefit, best practice, environment; White papers
Training and Development: What Are the Best Practices in Handling High Employee Turnover?: Running a successful business calls for being ready and willing to handle any situation. That includes making the tough decision to let go of an employee. It doesn't matter what the reason is; no one wants to be fired or downsized and no one wants to be the hatchet man...; Tags: firing, best practice, training; White papers
Siebel CRM On Demand Best Practice: Triangulated Forecasting: The ability to develop an accurate sales forecast and effectively manage the sales pipeline can have a profound impact on a company's health. Too many organizations fail to realize, until it is too late, that they are going to miss their quarterly revenue targets. View this FREE brief from Oracle...; Tags: Sales force management, Sales strategy, Oracle Corp., forecasting, best practice, sales forecast, quarterly revenue, sales, CRM, health care; White papers
Innovation - Putting Ideas into Action: Best Practices of Bausch & Lomb, IBM, Kennametal Inc., and the Mayo Clinic: Innovation has risen to the top of just about every corporate agenda. In today's world, a company cannot maintain a competitive advantage simply via technological superiority. Companies need to develop ways to continually create innovative products and services, yet it has been a frustrating journey. APQC's study...; Tags: Strategy, APQC, Bausch & Lomb Inc., Mayo Clinic, best practice, competitive advantage, IBM Corp.; White papers
Best Practices in Supplier Quality Management: Supplier quality management has emerged as one of the leading business practices in the past few years. World-class manufacturers are making significant investments in systems and processes to improve the supplier quality. This white paper briefly outlines some of the best practices implemented by such manufacturers in supplier quality management.; Tags: Channel management, MetricStream Inc., supplier, best practice; White papers
Payroll Benchmarks and Best Practices: APQC has compiled data from numerous organizations to develop benchmarking data for the payroll function in accounting. This excerpt from APQC breaks down individual activities in the three main payroll processes: reporting time, managing pay, and reporting payroll taxes. Its research found that median cost per payroll payment is $6.50,...; Tags: Operational accounting, payroll, APQC, payment, benchmarking, best practice, accounting; White papers