Benchmarking is used by leading companies in the process industries in order to assess the performance of various operations versus the ones in other companies of its field. In the domain of Level 4 and Level 3 applications, benchmarking is a concept that follows similar principles of benchmarking, yet independently conducted.
In addition to Operations, Business and Process Solutions and Applications should also be benchmarked. A frequent conclusion from examining results from various project implementations of such systems is that “partial success” has been experienced and this is not in the middle between unfulfilled objectives (or sometimes even failure) and full success. “Partial success” is closer to unfulfilled objectives.
Yet, most end-users compromise with such situation. Why should they?
ziconNET can be engaged to conduct a full or partial benchmarking study in order to identify and recommend a strategy and a tactical plan to bridge the gaps of such unfulfilled objectives.
A general purpose benchmarking model at the high level of workflows and processes shown below can be applied for any company or plant in the process industries in order to assess gaps and ways to reach the full objectives that can lead to sustaining high benchmarking levels.