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International Government Benchmarking Association™ (IGBA™) provides a forum for the exchange of performance measurements and benchmarking data for all levels of government around the world. The association is currently a free organization with fees assessed only when companies want to join specific benchmarking efforts. Membership is limited to individuals employed as regular employees of local, city, state or federal branches of government.

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Mission

To identify "Best in Class" processes which, when implemented, will lead participating governmental entities to exceptional performance.

Objectives

  1. To conduct benchmarking studies of important business processes
  2. 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.
  3. To use the efficiency of the association to obtain process performance data and related best practices information from all levels of government.
  4. To support the use of benchmarking to facilitate process improvement and the achievement of total quality.

Membership

The scope of IGBA™; membership includes all levels of government that require a more detailed understanding of best practices.

Membership will be considered with respect to compliance with IGBA™; mission, goals and operating guidelines, as well as qualification of the individual within the scope of membership.

Participation in specific efforts will be optional and open only to members with costs shared by the participants.

Companies/individuals in the consulting industry and others likely to resell the data are not considered for membership.

Benefits of Membership

Studies:

IGBA™ will identify and present to members opportunities to participate in Benchmarking studies on various topics addressing issues of importance to all levels of government.


There are two types of Benchmarking studies provided:

  • Association 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 benchmarking efforts:

  • Research - Access public and private databases.
  • Identify study participants - Top companies in a variety of industries.
  • Collect data - Manage response collection with the participants as a third party.
  • Lead site visits - Structured with best participants.


Roundtables:

Interest group roundtables can 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 IGBA™ is FREE! Costs of studies are shared by the participants.

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Phone:281-440-5044
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Industry Focused

Airline
Airport
Aerospace
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Automotive
Banking
Biotech
Broadcasting
Cable And Satellite Television
   • Outage Communications
Career Pathing
Computer Hardware Manufacturing
Construction
   • Heating, Ventilation, & Air Conditioning
Defense
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Electric Utility
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   • Nuclear Utility
   • Outage Communications
   • Generation
   • Distribution
   • Transmission
   • Substation Maintenance
   • Accounting & Finance
   • Contact Center
   • Customer Satisfaction
   • Human Resources
   • Information Systems
   • Procurement & Supply Chain
   • Shared Services
   • Six Sigma
   • Utility Managers
Energy
   • Systems & Technology
Federal Credit Unions
Financial Services
Forest Products
Gas
   • Contact Center
Government
   • Federal, State, Municipal Finance Managers
   • Corporate and Intergovernmental Security Alliance
Government Performance
Health Care
Health Care Administrators
Health Insurance
Higher Education
Hospitality
HVAC
Insurance
Internet
ISP
Life Insurance
   • Contact Center
Lottery Commission
Manufacturing
Mass Transit
Media
Mining
Mortgage
Natural Gas
   • Contact Center
Newspapers
Not For Profit
Oil and Gas
   • Contact Center
Petrochemical
Pharmaceutical
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Validation
Retail
Retention
Satellite Television
   • Outage Communications
Securities
Skills Replacement
Software
Sport
Succession Planning
Telecommunications
   • Outage Communications
Toll Road Authority
Transportation
Urban Mass Transit
Utility
Water Utility
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   • Outage Communications
Wireless
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Spain
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Process Focused

911 Call Center
Abandoned Property Management
Activity Based Costing
Accounting and Finance
Accounts Payable
Agile Manufacturing
Aging Workforce Management
Application Development
Application Maintenance
Asset Tracking
B2B
B2C
Billing Process Management
Brand Value Management
Budgeting, Planning & Forecasting
Capital Asset Management
   • Hardware Asset Management
   • Software Asset Management
Capital Expenditures
Clinical Trials Standards
Career Pathing
Collections
Complaint Handling
Consumer Products
Contact Center
Contact Center Customer Satisfaction
Contact Center Offshore Outsourcing
Contract Management
Corporate and Intergovernmental Security
Corporate Communications
Corporate Cost Reduction
Corporate Governance
Corporate Planning
Corporate Printing
Corporate Travel
Credit & Collections
Culture Integration
Currency Strategy
Customer Database
Customer Intimacy
Customer Listening
Customer Profitability
Customer Relations Strategies
Customer Relationship Management
Customer Satisfaction
Customer Service
Data Mining
Desktop Support
Disease Management
Dispute Resolution
Distribution & Logistics
Disaster Preparedness & Recovery
eCommerce
E-mail Management
Employee Development & Training
Employee Profiling
Employee Retention
Enterprise Continuity
Environmental Health & Safety
Equal Employment Opportunity
Executive Accountability
Executive Development
Extranet
Facilities
Facilities & Real Estate
Federal, State, Municipal Finance Managers
First Call Resolution
Fleet Management
Global Organization Structure
Help Desk
Human Resources
Information Systems
Information Technology Architecture
Information Technology Asset Management
   • Hardware Asset Management
   • Software Asset Management
Information Technology Customer Satisfaction
Information Technology Facilities Management
Information Technology Financial Managers
Information Technology Human Resources
Information Technology Measurement
Information Technology Offshore Outsourcing
Information Technology Outsourcing
Information Technology Procurement
Information Technology Project Management
Information Technology Security
Information Technology Strategy Development
Integrated Voice Response
Intellectual Property
Internal Auditing
Internal I/T Customer Satisfaction
Intranet
Inventory Management
ISO9000, QS9000, ISO14000
IVR
Knowledge Management
Knowledge Workers
Lean Manufacturing
Management Development
Manufacturing Technology
Marketing
Mergers
Network Security
New Service Development
Occupational Health & Safety
Offshore Outsourcing
Order Management
Outage Communications
Outsourcing
Outsourcing - Information Technology
Pandemic Flu
Payroll Management
Pricing Management
Policymaking
Process Harmonization
Procurement and Supply Chain
Product Development
Project Management
Product Verification & Validation
Real Estate
Relationship Management
Regulatory Affairs
Remittance Processing
Reverse Engineering Costs
Risk Management
Sales Force
Security
Server Support Management
Service Level
Service Recovery
Shared Services
Shared Services Satisfaction Processes
Six Sigma
Skills Replacement
Small Business Executives
Software Certification
Statement Processing
Strategic Resizing and Restructuring
Supplier Cost
Succession Planning
Tax Policies and Administration
Technical Accounting
Technology Assessment
Technology Manufacturing
Telemarketing
Transfer Pricing
Travel
Treasury Management
Utility Managers
Voice of Customer
Workforce Management

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