American Productivity & Quality Center  www.apqc.org APQC provides products and services to help your organization discover and implement best practices and obtain measurable results.

Benchmarking  management.about.com/cs/benchmarking/a/Benchmarking.htm About Management. The basics of benchmarking including what it is, why it's important and what to measure.

Benchmarking - Consortium  cheba.com/index.html Consortium for Higher Education Benchmarking for academic environments.

The Benchmarking Network  benchmarkingnetwork.com Worldwide Benchmarking Resource Guide - information and links.

BenchmarkReport.com  www.benchmarkreport.com Free, financial benchmark service for manufacturing companies. Learn how your company's financial performance measures up against your closest peers with detailed analysis in key metrics.

Best Practice Business Process Design  www.smthacker.co.uk Includes a number of articles on four themes: production and inventory planning and control, supply chain, related IS /IT issues, and change management. Provided by SM Thacker and Associates.

Best Practices LLC  www3.best-in-class.com/bestp/domrep.nsf/pages/96DEB3761738BDE485257026… Gateway for executives and specialists seeking to improve their business processes through benchmarking leading companies and implementing best practices.

The Booth Company  www.boothco.com The latest information about 360 degree feedback for measuring leadership, management and organization effectiveness. Secure web-based feedback surveys are featured.

BPR Online Learning Center  www.prosci.com The learning center offers an index of BPR articles, an online tutorial series, benchmarking studies, yellow pages for BPR resources, and information on reengineering toolkits and document templates for project teams.

Broadcast Benchmarking Association  www.broadcastbenchmarking.com Association of professionals interested in benchmarking and identifying the best broadcast practices that improve the overall operations of their companies.

Business to Consumer (B2C) Benchmarking Association?  www.b2cbenchmarking.com Assists business to consumer managers identify the best business practices and compare operating performance.

Capability Snapshot  www.capsnap.com Provides a technology-based survey methodology for organizations.

The Cost-Effective Organization  mysite.verizon.net/vze6l53f Provides best practices and resources for the reduction and control of business expenses.

Customer Service Benchmarking Association  www.csbenchmarking.com Association of companies that conducts benchmarking studies to identify the best practices surrounding customer service issues that improve the overall operations of the members.

Ebenchmarking  ebenchmarking.com A monthly newsletter provided via e-mail available to individuals employed by large corporations, higher educational organizations or governmental entities who are involved with benchmarking.

Electric Utility Benchmarking Association  euba.com An association of electric utility companies that conducts benchmarking studies to identify the practices that improve the overall operations of the members.

The Global Benchmarking Council  www3.best-in-class.com/gbc Comprised of benchmarking, quality, and process improvement professionals from around the world. Strives to enhance member initiatives through studies, networking, conferences, and other activities.

Information Systems Management Benchmarking Consortium  ismbc.org Brings together information systems professionals from a variety of companies to conduct targeted studies on issues related to improving performance and effectiveness.

International Call Center Benchmarking Consortium  iccbc.org An association of call center professionals to compare operating performance and identify the best business practices.

International Contract Management Benchmarking Association  www.icmba.com Association of corporations with contract management processes.

International Council Of Benchmarking Coordinators  icobc.com Brings benchmarking professionals together to share information to improve business processes in their industry.

International Institute for Internet Industry Benchmarking (I4B)  www.iiiib.org Multi-company consortium dedicated to identifying best practices in Internet Industry Strategies.

ISO Benchmarking Association  isobenchmarking.com Brings professionals of companies that are ISO Certified or are seeking ISO Certification together to share information to improve business processes.

ISP Benchmarking Association  ispbenchmarking.com An association of procurement and supply chain organizations within major corporations. ISPBA conducts benchmarking studies to identify practices that improve the overall operations of the members.

Knowledge Management Benchmarking Association  kmba.org Brings together knowledge management professionals from a variety of companies. Conducting benchmarking studies to identify practices that improve the effectiveness of Knowledge Management activities.

Ravenwerks Best Practices Information Center  www.ravenwerks.com/practices/practices.htm Articles on best practices in teamwork, leadership, finance, marketing, customer service and technology.

Shared Services Benchmaking Association  www.ssbenchmarking.org An association of shared services managers to compare operating performance and identify the best business practices.

Strassmann, Inc.  www.strassmann.com/consulting Strassmann offers consulting and analytical services for effective corporate information management. Site contains several resources including assessments and white papers.

Tresury Management Benchmarking Association  itmbc.com An association of treasury managers within major organizations that conducts benchmarking studies to identify practices that improve the overall operations of the members.

Upward Feedback  www.upwardfeedback.com.au Web processed Upward Feedback and phased 360 Feedback - managers and teams plan improvement together. Self-Managing Teams, Best Practice and Benchmarking.