7 Steps to Self Assessment

Effective and Practical
Though outside consultants can help with benchmarking, many companies can self-assess their warehousing and fulfillment operations. Benchmarking your organization takes work, but it needn’t be overwhelming. Try these seven steps.

STEP 1: Set benchmarking priorities. The benchmarking process begins with the company’s strategic planning process. Aligning the fulfillment team’s objectives to company goals will likely make benchmarking successful and add value by focusing on issues that have the greatest impact on that strategy. Benchmarking projects won’t get the support needed from C-level executives if they don’t have a positive impact on the company’s goals.