A review of literature on benchmarking

Benchmarking: An International Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 176-209

  Dattakumar, R ^a   Jagadeesh, R ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b SRI JAYACHAMARAJENDRA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Classification; Literature; Quality

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH;

QUALITY UPGRADATION;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 0242333170     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770310477744     Document Type: Review

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