A Company That Uses Benchmarking as a Quality Improvement Practice

question 41

Multiple Choice

A company that uses benchmarking as a quality improvement practice will ________.

• A)emulate the best practices and techniques used in their industry
• B)institutionalize the not-invented-here philosophy
• C)not analyze the competition's product
• D)rely exclusively on government research for product improvements
• E)be in the furniture business

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Definitions:

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