Benchmarking is a process of measuring products, services, and processes, then compare against those of industry leaders in some aspects of their operations. It provides necessary insights to help you understand how your organization compares with similar organizations. To achieve the full benefits of benchmarking, quality manager should give full considerations for followings EXCEPT:

Processes must be clearly understood and under control.

Too broad a scope dooms the project to failure. A subject that is not critical to the organization's success won't return enough benefits to make the study worthwhile.

Partner organization to benchmark or industry leader should be always in a similar business.

Inadequate resources can doom a benchmarking study by underestimating the effort involved or inadequate planning.