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		<title><![CDATA[Benchmarking - Are You Afraid?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1108511]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Administrators need tools to help them know if their operations are running efficiently and benchmarking is one of those commonly used tools. The comparative analysis benchmarking data affords can help Administrators make decisions and draw conclusions about their own facility compared to others. The key points to remember are, base...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How to Benchmark Your Salary]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/career-advice/article/how-to-benchmark-your-salary/291255/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The single best way to know is to find out how much your peers earn. And that takes some digging. Very delicate digging.                          Getting the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[How To Use Benchmarking To Improve Performance Management]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=931723]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[REALIZE YOUR POTENTIAL! Is that what you want for yourself and your company? What is your company's potential? Do you have a vision of it? Yes? That's why you use Simplified Strategic Planning, isn't it? In the Simplified Strategic Planning process you build toward your strategy - your vision for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Continuous Improvement And Benchmarking]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=931725]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[At the corporate level, seeking broadly-based, multiple sources of market intelligence on which to base strategic planning is a good start. Having sufficient independent oversight on operations and finances is another good method. At the end, however, it comes down to the ethics of the company and its leaders. There...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Benchmarking: Increasing Efficiency In Your Organization]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=953195]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Leaders are expected to always be a step ahead of their competition. However, without the utilization of applicable and needed tools it is difficult for organizations to become and to remain competitive. A tool that can be utilized to strengthen organizational performance and consequently enhance competitiveness is benchmarking. Benchmarking is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Benchmarking: How To Make The Best Decisions For Your Practice]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=953199]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Today more than ever before, medical practice management is not just about caring for your patients - it is also about running a successful business. If you lack efficiency, your quality of service will ultimately suffer. To thrive, you need to make informed decisions, but this can be a challenge....]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Benchmarking: Avoid Comparing Yourself To The Industry Average]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=953207]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Most organizations conduct employee surveys of various types either annually, every two years or sporadically. Some organizations use the data from the employee survey to affect real change that contributes to their ongoing success. There are organizations who like to focus on comparing their survey scores to the scores of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Benchmarking - A First Step Toward Optimizing Your Building's Energy Use]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1187691]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Often referred to as benchmarking, assessing the energy performance of your building is an effective tool for facility managers and is an excellent first step toward optimizing energy use. Typically, annual energy intensity - annual energy consumption per square foot - is used to assess energy performance. This simple "Normalization"...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hackett: Wall Street Journal Business Technology Blog, "How to Cut Your Tech Budget 30%"]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_August_1/ai_n27965960]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA & LONDON -- Information-technology departments can cut their budgets by about 30% by honestly answering this question: Are we really that special?  One of the reasons businesses spend so much on IT is that they assume they need to do things they really don't, Erik Dorr, a researcher...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[European Telemedicine Vendors Adapt to Advances in Technology]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON -- Although the European telemedicine industry has achieved significant progress, certain technological advances have inadvertently led to new hurdles. These include the greater need for standards and physician acceptance of novel telemedicine technologies. Effective telemedicine technology will increase the number of patients that physicians treat remotely and lower the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Americas' SAP Users' Group Announces New Studies As Part Of Expanding Benchmarking & Best Practices Program]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_May_5/ai_n25381196]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ORLANDO -- The Americas' SAP Users' Group ASUG, the world's largest customer-run community of SAP professionals, announced today it has launched a series of new Benchmarking and Best Practices initiatives through its continued collaboration with SAP America, Inc. The announcement comes as part of activities surrounding the 2008 ASUG Annual...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hackett: CNBC Europe, "Cutting Costs Intelligently"]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA & LONDON -- As the contagion from the credit market turmoil continues to spread to the economy, many companies have tightened the purse strings. Joel Roques, of The Hackett Group, discusses various ways for companies to intelligently cut costs.  Click Here to Link to Full Text of Article...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[SwissQual announces support for WiMAX technology]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0ECZ/is_2008_April_3/ai_n25132884]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[TELECOMWORLDWIRE-3 April 2008-SwissQual announces support for WiMAX technologyC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com  SwissQual, a Swiss network quality measurement company, has announced that its Diversity Network Optimisation and Benchmarking system now supports WiMAX technology.  According to the company, the Diversity platform has been designed to help service providers identify...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Productivity Benchmarks And the Process of Benchmarking]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=378171]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Companies in different industries may have different productivity benchmarks. The productivity benchmark of companies belonging to the same industry may even have subtle differences in their productivity benchmarks. In its basic economic definition, productivity is the ratio of output to input. In most cases, it entails to production and processes....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SwissQual Announces Quality Measurement Solutions For WiMAX Networks.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5243/is_200804/ai_n25270625]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-2 April 2008-SwissQual: SwissQual Announces Quality  Measurement Solutions For WiMAX NetworksC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS  LTD     RDATE:02042008     SwissQual, the independent Swiss network quality measurement  company, has announced that it's Diversity Network Optimisation and  Benchmarking system now supports WiMAX technology....]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[FSTC Launches Resilient Enterprise: Benchmarking for Maturity Project in Collaboration with Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute CERTŪ Program]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_March_24/ai_n24944454]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Participating Organizations to Collaborate with Peers and with Resiliency Engineering Framework Experts]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BOMA energy challenge gains new momentum]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3601/is_27_54/ai_n24921044]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Building Owners and Managers Association BOMA International's 7-Point Challenge, an innovative energy reduction plan to achieve market transformation in the commercial real estate industry, is gaining momentum as the leading companies and BOMA local associations around the country sign on to endorse the challenge.  BOMA International introduced its...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Outsell, Inc. Unveils Groundbreaking Report Benchmarking Public News Publishers' Slow Progress Finding Profit in the Move Online]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Feb_19/ai_n24267138]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[National/global companies like New York Times, Dow Jones and Washington Post are making strides online, while Lee shows regional strength]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hackett: CNBC TV, "Closing Bell: Study Shows Companies Struggle to Predict Profits and Sales"]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Feb_12/ai_n24258290]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA & LONDON -- CNBC Closing Bell's Matt Nesto discusses Hackett's latest Book of Numbers research, which finds that two out of every three companies are unable to accurately forecast earnings for the next quarter, missing the mark by anywhere from 6% to over 30%.  Click Here to Link...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Compass and UtiliPoint Partner to Deliver Benchmarking Services to Utilities]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Feb_11/ai_n24255878]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Alliance responds to industry demands for competitive management practices and transparency in regulatory reviews  NAPERVILLE, Ill., & ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Compass America, Inc., and UtiliPoint International, Inc. today announced a partnership to provide operational performance improvement services to the energy and utility industry.  The partnership leverages Compass' proven...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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