... in this paper covers ten areas and is a comprehensive single score that can be used to benchmark and compare performance over different projects to achieve continuous improvement. Prachi Vinod Ingle can be contacted at: prachi03ingle@gmail.com 16 05 2022 29 06 2022 09 09 2022 ©...

...David Koch; Sabrina Eitzinger Purpose It is typical of public real estate benchmarking reports to show only highly aggregated benchmarks based on buildings’ floor areas. They hardly provide disaggregated benchmarks for usage clusters. The aim of this study is to show the caveats from highly...

...Dr Anna Walker; Yewande Adetoro Adewunmi; Modupe Omirin; Hikmot Koleoso Purpose – The paper aims to examine benchmarking challenges among Nigerian Facilities management (FM) practitioners. Design/methodology/approach – Data collection was through self-administered questionnaires sent to 120...

...Samer Sliteen; Halim Boussabaine; Orlando Catarina Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a benchmarking study of operation and maintenance costs of French healthcare facilities between 2008 and 2009. The investigation presents findings using quantitative methods, including cumulative...

... or diagnostic evaluation, a list of key performance indicators that can be used for benchmarking purposes, and a space utilization monitor to measure the occupancy of workplaces. Data collected with the tool provides organizations with a clear picture of user experience of the working environment on its own...

...Daryl May; Thomas Madritsch Purpose The purpose of this paper is the introduction of a best practice tool in order to analyze operating costs in the health care sector. This study presents the findings by using a new innovative benchmarking tool to analyze operating costs, identify cost drivers...

...Joseph H.K. Lai; Francis W.H. Yik Purpose Tourism is a pillar of the service industries in Hong Kong. Its growth entails quality hotel accommodations where cost‐effective operation and maintenance (O&M) of their facilities are essential. A benchmarking study was carried out on ten luxury...

...‐term care facilities in Tyrol, Austria carried out during Summer 2007. In order to determine the volume and to prioritize the cost drivers computer‐aided real‐estate benchmarking software was used, which was developed by the Institute of Real Estate Benchmarking at the University of Applied Sciences...

...Christian Stoy Purpose Today, the occupancy cost of owner‐operated property is the second or third largest cost factor for many companies. Benchmarking projects that focus on occupancy cost comparisons are, therefore, becoming increasingly important. Such projects must contrast comparable...

... (PC) in MATLAB™ R14. Commonly used statistical software packages like SPSS™ and NVivo™ were dysfunctional due to the number of independent variables [1] . Sezgin Kaya can be contacted at: s.kaya@salford.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Benchmarking Facilities Property...

...Sezgin Kaya; Keith Alexander Purpose To demonstrate the negative results of market sector based classification of client side FM organisations (FMOs) in benchmarking studies, and propose collection of both external and internal organisational patterns as the key characteristics of FMOs. Design...

...Kurt R. Padavano Benchmarking is a tool for analysing a property or portfolio performance against its peers. This paper outlines some of the central components of benchmarking and demonstrates how benchmarking can bring perspective to operating expenses and ultimately positively affect...

... practice or its competitors? Is there an accepted benchmark for organisational project management capability? The Project Management Maturity Model (ProMMM) has been developed to meet these needs. It describes four levels of increasing project management capability (Naive, Novice, Normalised and Natural...

... business processes to ensure their optimisation. Process optimisation Hospital Service management Waste management Benchmarking © MCB UP Limited 2003 Kunibert Lennerts Universita¨t Karlsruhe (TH) Facility Management (TMB) Am Fasanengarten Geb. 50.31 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany Tel.: +49 721...