Benchmarking Logistics Performance
Logistics professionals believe benchmarking can improve performance,
but there are several dimensions to benchmarking. Understanding these
dimensions is critical to effective benchmarking.
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Benchmarking Logistics Performance
1. THOUGHT LEADERS FOR MANUFACTURING & SUPPLY CHAIN
ARC INSIGHTS
By Steve Banker
Effective benchmarking requires
good data and comparability - the
ability to make effective peer to peer
comparisons. Benchmark data
should be actionable, and ideally
should serve as a catalyst to
transform a company’s operations.
INSIGHT# 2003-24E
JUNE 11, 2003
Benchmarking Logistics Performance
Keywords
Benchmarking, Logistics
Summary
Logistics professionals believe benchmarking can improve performance,
but there are several dimensions to benchmarking. Understanding these
dimensions is critical to effective benchmarking.
Analysis
At the recent Richmond Events “Logistics and Supply Chain Forum,” the
most popular think tank topic was “Performance Management.” Participat-
ing supply chain and logistics executives frequently returned to the topic of
benchmarking as one key aspect of managing supply
chain performance. Benchmarking can help validate
whether a company’s performance is strong, average,
or below average compared to industry standards or
standards that cross industries. While benchmarking
looks simple on the surface, the topic is far more com-
plex than it first appears.
Are We Comparing Apples to Oranges?
One participant said, “Nobody is exactly the same, you have to flush out
what you measure, how you measure it, what those differences are –
whether its picking efficiencies or (something else) – once you (get) it out
on the table, there are some comparisons (that are possible).”
One problem is that key metrics that have the same name can be defined
differently. For example, the perfect order can be defined as orders shipped
on time divided by total orders shipped. Or the perfect order can be much
more stringently defined as shipments that arrive at the customer within 2
hours of the promised delivery time, with no damage, the right SKUs in the
right quantities with the correct Valued Added Services performed, and
billed correctly.