Benchmarking generally provides:

•  A systematic approach to sharing experience and comparing your processes with competitors and other practitioners
•  A means of monitoring performance trends to alert you to potential problems
•  A database and knowledge pool with which to develop best practice

What the PBF offers:

•  Improvements to your business processes
•  Means of reducing costs, e.g. working capital reduction
•  A database and knowledge pool with which to develop best practice
•  Opportunities for project partnering
•  Sharing of experience with CEOs of top UK and SA firms
•  A source of industry contacts and intelligence.

What the PBF does NOT do:

•  Compare your products and services
•  Examine technical/design processes
•  Discuss matters that are commercially sensitive
•  Disclose an individual Members performance
•  Publish detailed benchmark results to non-Members