Improving efficiency through internal benchmarking

International Journal of Business Performance Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 290-306

  Durst, Sebastian M ^a   Binder, Mario ^b  

^a Roland Berger Strategy Consultants ^*  (Germany)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; Distribution logistics; Efficiency measurement system; Internal benchmarking; Performance metrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744927450     PISSN: 13684892     EISSN: 17415039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPM.2006.009610     Document Type: Article

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