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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., best practice, business productivity, Webcast, information technology, support services, customer satisfaction, agent, survey, strategy; Webcasts 2008-05-07
Benchmarks and best practices in Accounting, Focus Area: Payroll: Compare your organization to your peer groups and discover ways to improve your accounting performance. How do centralized accounting operations compare to decentralized ones? Learn the answer to these questions in this excerpt from APQC's new benchmarking and best practices book, By the Numbers: Accounting. It tells...; Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, APQC, accounting, benchmarking, payroll, 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

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
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
CoPs Driving Performance and Innovation: best practices of Ernst & Young, L.L.P., Flour Corp., and the Federal Highway Administration: Today, as more organizations attempt to draw knowledge assets and people together in communities of practice (CoPs), managers and executives want to use them to run their global businesses in new and innovative ways. This article explores the rapidly evolving methodology of CoPs, from planning and creating to maintaining and...; Tags: Strategy, APQC, knowledge, best practice, performance; 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
Change Is Good: A Step-By-Step Path to best practices: To survive and prosper today, one has to be at the top of the game. The supply chain has to be better than the competition's supply chain. The best way to keep improving is to embrace Best Practices. This means understanding the customers' ever-changing requirements, having the operations and the...; Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), best practice, supply chain, ROI, job, game; 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
The Total Customer Experience: best practices of Cisco, Lands' End, and Air Products and Chemicals: Regardless of whether we are business customers or independent consumers, we desire "one version of the truth." Learn how best-practice organizations provide one version of truth to employees and customers, thus creating a singular customer experience. This report offers deep insights into a variety of factors that impact and contribute...; Tags: APQC, chemicals, best practice; 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
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
Business Process Management: best practices of Coors Brewing Co., Deere & Co., and Northrop Grumman Space Technology: Modern organizations must manage an ecosystem with no boundaries, one that is consistently buffeted by globalization, faster cycle time requirements, unknown competitors, and complexity at every turn. Business process management becomes the art of the disciplined, where decisions are made at the front line, closer to the customer. To focus...; Tags: Operational planning, Business process automation, Strategy, APQC, BPM, best practice, business process, globalization, competitive advantage, worker; White papers
Share best practice - Power Surge for Shell's Home-Grown Expertise: Sharing best practice is the keystone to Shell's success. With expertise, developed during years of operating turbine systems and supporting customers operating power plants, combined with a lubricant range that is consistent world wide. Shell is committed to raising industry standards through training, innovation of products and design of expert...; Tags: turbine, best practice, industry standard, outsource, training, performance, benefit, industry; Case studies
Crisis Management Business Interruption, Part II: best practices for Claims Preparation: The September 11 terrorist attacks created what is perhaps the largest business interruption event in history, as measured in the number of claims, the magnitude of damage, and the complexity of adjusted losses. Of the tens of thousands of businesses that were disrupted by the catastrophe, many will be filing...; Tags: Risk Manager, crisis management, terrorist attack, best practice; 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
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
Seven best practices for Supply Chain Execution Implementations: A common myth about supply chain execution (SCE) systems implementation is that while they have the potential to provide value, they are not worth the risk or hard work required. At worst, some fear that the organizational changes brought on by this kind of investment could ultimately damage relationships with...; Tags: supply chain, best practice; White papers