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Mission Statement

The Benchmarking Network, Inc. is an international resource for business process research and metrics. We lead studies with over 140,000 process leaders in over 165 countries. We provide benchmarking training and research to individual companies, professional and trade associations, and industry and process based groups. Since 1992, our over 300 benchmarking studies have spanned virtually all processes and industries to identify measures and collect data to identify best practices including:

  • Leading individual and groups of organizations in face to face benchmarking efforts;
  • Creating Benchmarking databases to support benchmarking efforts;
  • Forming associations to share benchmarking information; and
  • Conducting sessions and writing books and papers on benchmarking topics.

Distribution & Logistics Management Benchmarking Consortium

Our Mission

To identify "Best in Class" distribution & logistics processes, which, when implemented, will lead member companies to exceptional performance.

Distribution & Logistics Management Benchmarking Consortium (DLMBC™) is currently a free association of distribution & logistics organizations within major corporations. DLMBC™ conducts benchmarking studies to identify practices that improve the overall operations of the members.

Who We Are

The Benchmarking Network, Inc. is an international resource for business process research and metrics. We lead studies with over 3,000 process leaders in over 25 countries. We provide benchmarking training and research to individual companies, professional and trade associations, and industry and process based groups. Since 1992, our over 300 benchmarking studies have spanned virtually all processes and industries to identify measures and collect data to identify best practices including:

  • Leading individual and groups of organizations in face to face benchmarking efforts
  • Creating Benchmarking databases to support benchmarking efforts
  • Forming associations to share benchmarking information
  • Conducting sessions and writing books and papers on benchmarking topics

What makes us different

While the Benchmarking Network™ collects performance measures and metric data into performance databases, it goes farther by collecting process level decision information and leads project teams to real live site visits with best practice companies. This real live activity presents real world examples of what happens as different companies implement the leading edge practices. The result is that our sponsors become the experts in the field, knowing what over a dozen companies do when confronted with the challenges of a changing business environment.

Mission Statement

THE BENCHMARKING NETWORK™ leads studies with organizations throughout the world. Our approaches are customer oriented and tailored to the needs of the sponsors. We develop and utilize the most sophisticated technologies to provide the highest value services.

What is Benchmarking?

Benchmarking is a performance measurement tool used in conjunction with improvement initiatives to measure comparative operating performance and identify Best Practices.

What Is The Benchmarking Network?

The Benchmarking NetworkTM is an organization of experienced Benchmarking specialists solely dedicated to using Benchmarking to develop value-based opportunities for corporations worldwide.

The Benchmarking NetworkTM conducts benchmarking studies that provide high leverage findings by forging relationships between world class companies. We utilize proven processes and systems to streamline our efforts to achieve high impact results on a timely basis.

We utilize our network of tens of thousands of domestic and international contacts to provide the basis for successful global Benchmarking solutions.