BS PAS 7070:2016 specifies a repeatable, uniformly applicable
process structured so as to be implementable as a
system for managing benchmarking processes, which
will enable organizations to:Identify organizational needs for benchmarking
through systematic examination of the organization's
existing processes and procedures to identify those
that could potentially benefit from a benchmarking
approach;Articulate the purpose of benchmarking and how the
information will be used;Identify other organization(s) potentially capable of
providing example of proven practice;Document and analyse the practices followed and
performance achieved both internally and by the
identified example organization(s);Compare own practices and performance with that of
the others analysed and identify differences;Review differences identified to enable management
of the benchmarking organization to take decisions
as to whether there is sufficient organizational
benefit to justify changes;evaluate the benefit achieved from the implemented
changes in order to establish organizational performance
expectations and substantiate ongoing results.Benchmarking is not an independent activity, but rather
a tool to gather the information about performance
and practices within and external to an organization,
allowing evaluation of internal performance, target
setting and identification of improvement opportunities.As such benchmarking must be implemented and
monitored as part of organizational governance and
aligned to what the organization needs to make
decisions and manage performance (see Figure 1).The processes identified in figure 1 are annotated with
the number of the relevant clauses of this specification
where they are detailed.The benchmarking model is appropriate for use in
relation to all benchmarking types (see Annex A) and
its implementation will ensure that organizations give
the necessary priority to:Identifying, understanding and working to a
coordinated benchmarking plan or code of conduct;selecting credible, relevant, target organizations;demonstrating that an established process has been
followed; andensuring that benchmarking results are robust and
open to scrutiny.with the objective of facilitating
the reporting of benchmarking results in a credible
manner and enabling genuine comparison between
benchmarking results.All current amendments available at time of purchase are included with the purchase of this document.