summarize this post : The learning gained and the improvements to performance realized must be fully evaluated and, where appropriate, embedded to ensure all gains are rolled out throughout the organi-zation and are sustained over time. Benchmarking may take place at the corporate, opera-tional, or functional level within an organization, and it is important that each of these levels be linked via a cascading series of goals, interlinked to ensure systematic progress toward attaining the vision. As improvement opportunities arise, they should be embedded into and replicated throughout participant organizations. Finally, because benchmarking should be a continuous process, that process itself should be evaluated, and where necessary, the objectives and scope refined to meet the evolving needs of the benchmarkers before repeating. A New Benchmarking Standard Juran has been instrumental in the development of a new standa