Benchmarking : successful applied experiments

Abstract EN

Benchmarking is a new tool in modern management for the development of performance and competitiveness if it is adopted in the right way, because achieving excellence in performance and stems from the culture and will of the internal material as well as human resources, and environment that encouragesit.

The study presented some successful benchmarking experiences in internationally recognized institutions, which realized that the search for best practices, understanding and adopting them to suit the institutions' need, is a real key of growth and development.

The study then attempts to understand the extent to which Algeria's economic institutions understood the concept of benchmarking, by taking Sonatrach's as the national institution that sought to apply this method by relying on benchmarking partners in the gas and petroleum sector as « Total, BP, Anadarko and Cepsa ».

The study concludes that the application of the reference comparism at Sonatrach contributed to a certain extent to changing its objectives, indicators and standards that relied on HSE management system, « hygiene, security and prevention at work, and environment ».