Comment on the following scenario:
Benchmarking at Saint-Gobain Saint-Gobain, the France-based business, is the largest glass maker in the world. It operates in 49 different countries through a large number of glass-making plants. Glass for motor vehicles is a major part of its output. Saint-Gobain's plants are benchmarked against one another, with each being assessed against the best one for the particular feature under consideration.
The features that are the subject of benchmarking include:
? safety
? quality of the output
? production cost.