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- December 2, 2014 at 12:51 pm #215976
In the flash cards you identify the 4 types of benchmarking as:
– internal
– external
– functional
– genericHowever, in the notes you mention:
– historical
– industry / sector
– best-in-classAnd in the course notes you also say that the following factors can be benchmarked:
– functional
– product
– financial
– strategicYou also mention intra-group and intra-industry benchmarking in the notes.
Which is correct please?
Thanks
December 2, 2014 at 1:33 pm #216001They are all correct. Benchmarking really just means comparison and there are all sorts of factors or classifications of factors that can be benchmarked.
For example best-in-class could apply to an industry or a function.
To save you having to remember lots, I suggest you remember internal/external/functional/generic.
Although listed as a P3 article it is very relevant to P5 (and was once listed there also)
December 2, 2014 at 2:29 pm #216032Great thanks a lot for the explanation and for sharing the link ! 😀
November 22, 2018 at 7:20 am #485462That thread is removed in ACCA website
November 22, 2018 at 8:49 am #485470Thanks for the update.
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