Benchmarking best manufacturing practices A study into four sectors of Turkish industry

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1020-1043

  Ulusoy, Gündüz ^a   Ikiz, Ilknur ^b  

^a SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Elite Management Consulting Firm   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Business strategy; Competitive strategy; Performance measurement; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035620886     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570110393478     Document Type: Article

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