Benchmarking: An International Journal: Volume 18 Issue 3

Manufacturing best practices in Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SMEs)

Afdiman Anuar, Rosnah Mohd Yusuff

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the current level of best manufacturing practices in Malaysian ISO 9000 certified small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

An exploratory study of outsourcing 3PL services: an Australian perspective

Shams Rahman

Over the last two decades, a large number of studies have been conducted in the field of outsourcing third‐party logistics (3PL) services and the field is growing. The purpose of…

Residents' perception and attitudes towards tourism impacts: A case study of the small rural community of Folgaria (Trentino – Italy)

Juan Gabriel Brida, Linda Osti, Michela Faccioli

The aim of this paper is to analyse how the impacts of tourism are perceived by a local population and which factors affect the relationship between impacts and perceptions'…

A comparative study of dates export supply chain performance: the case of Oman and Tunisia

Msafiri Mbaga, Mohammed Suleiman Rashid Al‐Shabibi, Houcine Boughanmi, Slim Mohamed Zekri

The purpose of this paper is two‐fold. First, is to apply the benchmarking approach to the dates export supply chain (DESC) in Oman and Tunisia (taking Tunisia as a benchmark) to…

Benchmarking supplier risks using Bayesian networks

Archie Lockamy

The purpose of this paper is to provide a methodology for benchmarking supplier risks through the creation of Bayesian networks. The networks are used to determine a supplier's…

Applied qualimetry: its origins, errors and misconceptions

Garry G. Azgaldov, Alexander V. Kostin

The purpose of this paper is to provide the reader, who may have little or no knowledge of qualimetry, with first, an outline of the history and development of this relatively new…

Benchmarking a leadership model for the green economy

Daryl D. Green, Jack McCann

The purpose of this paper is to examine benchmarking leadership theories in order to build a new leadership model for the green economy.