Benchmarking (journal)

Benchmarking is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes covers the field of quality management. The editor-in-chief is Angappa Gunasekaran (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth). The journal was established in 1994 as Benchmarking for Quality Management & Technology and obtained its current name in 1999. It is currently published by Emerald Group Publishing. The journal is abstracted and indexed in Inspec, ProQuest databases, and Scopus.

Benchmarking: An International Journal (BIJ) is the first journal to examine a radical business process that is revolutionizing established practice and performance and is big news for companies committed to total quality programmes.^[1] Its enthusiastic reception by many prominent business figures has created high levels of interest in a technique which promises big rewards for co-operating partners. Yet, like total quality itself, it must be understood in its proper context, and implemented single mindedly to be effective. This journal helps companies decide if benchmarking is right for them and shows them how to go about it successfully.

BIJ is designed as both a study of techniques and a practical manual, so that companies acquire important background knowledge as well as the information they need to instigate their own benchmarking programme. Its content is overseen and written by a distinguished international editorial board and demonstrates a broad understanding of all the issues involved.^[2]

Topics covered in BIJ include:

• Benchmarking as part of total quality
• Case histories
• Practical applications
• Research reports
• Test scenarios
• The theory of benchmarking

BIJ will be of interest to academics and students studying quality and related areas, consultants to organizations looking at total quality, and senior company personnel in business and industry responsible for the development and managing of total quality programmes.

Benchmarking: An International Journal (BIJ) is the first journal to examine a radical business process that is revolutionizing established practice and performance and is big news for companies committed to total quality programmes.^[3] Its enthusiastic reception by many prominent business figures has created high levels of interest in a technique which promises big rewards for co-operating partners. Yet, like total quality itself, it must be understood in its proper context, and implemented single mindedly to be effective. This journal helps companies decide if benchmarking is right for them and shows them how to go about it successfully.

BIJ is designed as both a study of techniques and a practical manual, so that companies acquire important background knowledge as well as the information they need to instigate their own benchmarking programme. Its content is overseen and written by a distinguished international editorial board and demonstrates a broad understanding of all the issues involved.

Topics covered in BIJ include:

• Benchmarking as part of total quality
• Case histories
• Practical applications
• Research reports
• Test scenarios
• The theory of benchmarking

BIJ will be of interest to academics and students studying quality and related areas, consultants to organizations looking at total quality, and senior company personnel in business and industry responsible for the development and managing of total quality programmes.

Scimago Journal Ranking (SJR) in 2012 was 0.711 (Q1, Top Journal).

References

External links

• Official website

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