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Volume 14, Issue 1-2
1 January 1996
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Viewpoint| January 01 1996

Minimum data sets ‐ finding the balance in benchmarking

Danny Shiem‐Shin Then
Danny Shiem‐Shin Then
Danny Shiem‐Shin Then is Lecturer and Course Director of the Graduate Programme in Facilities Management and Asset Maintenance at Heriot‐Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7131
Print ISSN: 0263-2772
© MCB UP Limited
1996
Facilities (1996) 14 (1-2): 47–51.
https://doi.org/10.1108/02632779610108495

Aims to raise awareness of the cost premiums involved in data collection. Examines benchmarking, its goals and appropriate support, and explains the process of benchmarking. Highlights the importance of distinguishing between data and information.

Keywords: Benchmarking, Data collection, Databases, Information, Quality, Trends
© MCB UP Limited
1996
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