Measures of Performance
John A. Bauly
(Senior Associate of
InterMatrix Ltd, the international management and consultancy company
managing the UK and USA Time to Market and New Product Development
Associations. He can be contacted at InterMatrix Ltd, 4 Cromwell Place,
London SW7 2JJ, UK. Tel: 071 589 0228; Fax: 071 589 6228.)
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Abstract
Companies wishing to improve continually in business generally and new product development in particular need to use performance indices development in particular need to use performance indices, i.e. “metrics”. This is to study their present achievements, see the effects of improvements, help control the processes and make comparisons with norms or standards like past achievements, present plans and benchmark data. Reviews and lists examples of the relevant metrics and discusses their application.
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Citation
Bauly, J.A. (1994), "Measures of Performance", World Class Design to Manufacture, Vol. 1 No. 3, pp. 37-40. https://doi.org/10.1108/09642369210056647
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1994, MCB UP Limited