Publication date : 08/09/2024

Course : Managing a Benchmarking project

Practical course - 2d - 14h00 - Ref. BEN
Price : 1360 € E.T.

Managing a Benchmarking project




Benchmarking is an essential innovation lever for any company. This course provides an understanding of benchmarking as both a comparative analysis method and a management tool. It identifies best practices.


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Practical course in person or remote class
Disponible en anglais, à la demande

Ref. BEN
  2d - 14h00
1360 € E.T.




Benchmarking is an essential innovation lever for any company. This course provides an understanding of benchmarking as both a comparative analysis method and a management tool. It identifies best practices.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Identify the different types of benchmarking
Drawing up project specifications
Identify information sources and partners
Analyze the data collected
Communicating best practices to teams

Intended audience
Project managers responsible for benchmarking, product managers, marketing and sales managers, consultants.

Prerequisites
No special knowledge required.

Practical details
Hands-on work
Collective reflection based on real cases, case studies, role-playing exercises followed by personalized debriefing, exchange of best practices.

Course schedule

1
Understanding the challenges of benchmarking

  • Definitions and related concepts.
  • A tool for competitiveness.
  • Different types of benchmarking: competitive, internal, functional, generic, strategic.
  • Comparative study.
  • Applications (production, logistics, management, marketing, sales, etc.).
  • Action on costs or deadlines.
Exercise
Reflection on the different types of benchmarking.

2
Mastering the benchmarking approach

  • The different methods.
  • Benchmarking with direct competitors.
  • Internal, external and function-oriented benchmarking.
  • Conditions for success. The four phases and ten steps of the process.
  • Clearly identify problems and malfunctions in your business.
  • Establish the benchmarking framework. Draw up specifications.
  • Choosing companies.
  • Define performance indicators.
Hands-on work
Les participants rédigent et présentent le cahier des charges du projet de benchmarking.

3
Benchmarking project

  • Appoint a project manager and set up a dedicated team.
  • Choose your partners.
  • Identify sources of information (Internet, specialized press).
  • Set up a steering committee.
Hands-on work
In sub-groups, identify relevant sources of information on the case presented.

4
Exploiting the data collected

  • Analyze performance and measure deviations.
  • Identify the causes of non-performance.
  • Identify high-performance data and practices.
  • Analyze the data collected.
  • Set future performance levels.
  • Identify areas for improvement.
  • Develop an action and evaluation plan.
  • Set up an improvement tracking table.
Case study
Identify the causes of non-performance based on the data collected. Build an action and evaluation plan.

5
Transposing best practices

  • Communicate results internally using performance monitoring charts.
  • Validate their operational deployment with the teams.
  • Driving change.
Hands-on work
Build communication with internal teams and get their buy-in.


Dates and locations
Select your location or opt for the remote class then choose your date.
Remote class

Dernières places
Date garantie en présentiel ou à distance
Session garantie

REMOTE CLASS
2026 : 12 Mar., 8 June, 10 Sep., 7 Dec.

PARIS LA DÉFENSE
2026 : 12 Mar., 8 June, 10 Sep., 7 Dec.