Best Practice in Australian manufacturing sites

It is difficult to prove that BP causes superior performance. Internal efforts to improve performance may be masked by their lagged effects and events external to the organization. Superior performance might be caused by energetic management in part manifest in BP and other improvement programs. Nevertheless, having a BP program is strongly associated with traits such as proactivity, internal communication, training and leadership that should be commercially advantageous. Manufacturers should therefore consider implementing BP programs. This paper clarifies definitions of BP and conclusively demonstrates that the practices of Australian organizations subscribing to BP are significantly different from those that do not.