Increasing the benefits of product-level benchmarking for strategic eco-efficient decision-making
Purpose: Widely accepted classifications of benchmarking distinguish between different levels of benchmarking. Strategic-level benchmarking is considered to be of a higher sophistication than product-level benchmarking. Such strategic benchmarking would be based on process information instead of product information. The purpose of this paper is to research the possibility of obtaining strategic-level information based on an extensive amount of product-level benchmark data. Methodology/Approach: The data used in this paper originate from the environmental benchmarking program of Philips Consumer Electronics (CE). Philips CE has successfully implemented benchmarking as an environmental improvement strategy for its products. Product-level competitive benchmarking is used to assess the environmental performance of Philips’ products compared to its main economic rivals. Since the start of environmental benchmarking over 100 studies have been performed on products ranging from large CRT television sets to small Personal Audio products, thus generating a considerable pool of product-level benchmark data. This paper reports on an extensive synthesis of product-level benchmarking data concerning the packaging of these consumer electronics products. F nd ngs: It is shown how strategic-level information is obtained from a synthesis of these separate benchmarking studies. It is also shown how this synthesis yields useful strategic-level managerial information and practical design input. Finally, advantages of this approach as compared to classic strategic-level benchmarking are identified. Research mpl cat ons: The study has yielded empirical data indicating a limitation in current benchmarking classification.
Renee Wever Casper Boks Thomas Marinelli Ab Stevels
国际会议
The 4th International Conference on Waste Management and Technology(第四届固体废物管理与技术国际会议)
北京
英文
64-75
2009-11-28（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）