The Consumer Products Benchmarking
Association (TCPBA)
is a focused group of consumer products professionals
that looks to identify the best practices surrounding
consumer products industry issues for the
improvement of overall operations of the members. Mission
To identify "Best in Class" business processes, which, when implemented,
will lead member companies to exceptional performance.
Objectives
To conduct benchmarking studies of important business processes.
To create a cooperative environment where full understanding of
the performance and enablers of "best in class" business processes
can be obtained and shared at reasonable cost.
To use the efficiency of the association to obtain process performance
data and related best practices from group of companies.
To support the use of benchmarking to facilitate process improvement
and the achievement of total quality.
Membership
The scope of TCPBA
membership includes consumer products professionals interested
in benchmarking as part of or in support
of their core business(es).
Company membership will be considered
with respect to compliance with TCPBA mission, goals and operating
guidelines, as well as, qualification of the organization within the
scope of membership.
Participation in specific efforts
will be optional and open only to members with costs shared by the
participants.
Benefits of Membership Studies:
TCPBA will
identify and present to members opportunities
to participate in Benchmarking
studies on various topics of importance to "security" issues.
There are two types of Benchmarking studies provided:
Consortium studies are offered to the membership as a whole with
costs divided.
Single company sponsored studies addressing the interest of one
member company can be offered to other selected members for no
fee.
The association will also support process improvement benchmarking
efforts:
Research - Access public and private databases.
Identify study participants - Top consumer products companies interested
in benchmarking current issues.
Collect data - Manage response collection with the participants
as a third party.
Lead site visits - Structure with best participants.
Roundtables:
Interest group roundtables will be organized throughout the year.
Members will pay a nominal fee to join real and virtual roundtable
discussions that address specific processes.
Cost:
Currently, membership in TCPBA is FREE! Costs
of studies are shared by the participants.
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