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38<br />

Equivalent<br />

Maturity Level<br />

World Class - 3<br />

Structured - 2<br />

Defined - 1<br />

Undefined - 0<br />

Enabling technologies<br />

Percentage of<br />

Surveyed firms<br />

17<br />

- design & development -<br />

36<br />

36<br />

(141 companies total)<br />

52<br />

Return-on-Sales p.a.<br />

1987-1991<br />

0.5%<br />

4.7%<br />

6.7%<br />

Sample<br />

Average<br />

4%<br />

Sales Growth p.a.<br />

1987-1991<br />

9.3% 16%<br />

8.1%<br />

7.3%<br />

5.1%<br />

Sample<br />

Average<br />

8%<br />

- business per<strong>for</strong>mance is linked to engineering maturity level -<br />

ref.: “Excellence in quality management”, McKinsey & Co., Inc., 1992<br />

ref.: Dion, R.: “Process improvement <strong>and</strong> the corporate balance sheet”, IEEE Software, Vol. 10, No. 4, July 1993, pp. 28-35<br />

©1997 F.M.G. Dörenberg

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