Best Practice

Best Practice - A method of accomplishing a postal business function or process that is considered to be superior to all other known methods.

[Category=Postal ]

Source: USPS, 31 August 2009 10:27:37, http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/pubs/pub32/pub32a_g.html

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Best practice - An activity, process, or approach that has been proven successful over time.

[Category=Data Governance ]

Source: The Data Governance Institute, 18 November 2009 08:56:42, http://www.datagovernance.com/glossary-governance/

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Best practice - A group of tasks that optimizes the efficiency or effectiveness of the business discipline or process to which it contributes. Best practices are generally adaptable and replicable across similar organizations or enterprises - and sometimes across different functions or industries.

[Category=Data Cleansing ]

Source: X4DB, 14 May 2010 11:56:31, http://www.x4db.com/glossary.html

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Best Practices - A case study considered to be a good example of a business discipline.

[Category=Information Management ]

Source: Information-Management.com, 02 June 2010 08:11:40, http://www.information-management.com/glossary/b.html

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Best Practices - A case study considered to be a good example of a business discipline.

[Category=Data Management ]

Source: DataMentors, 14 August 2010 10:46:36, http://www.datamentors.com/News-and-Resources/Glossary.html

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Best practice - A superior method or innovative practice that contributes to the improved performance of an organization, usually recognized as best by other peer organizations.

[Category=Quality ]

Source: American Society for Quality, 08 September 2010 09:07:20, http://www.asq.org/glossary/

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Best practice - A way or method of accomplishing a business function or process that is considered to be superior to all other known methods. A lesson learned from one area of a business that can be passed on to another area of the business or between businesses.

[Category=Data Quality ]

Source: iSixSigma, 01 January 2011 09:40:31, https:web.archive.org/web/20111109014246/http:www.isixsigma.com/index.php?option=com_glossary

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Best Practices - Best practices are practical techniques gained from experience that organizations may use to improve internal processes.

[Category=Quality ]

Source: The Quality Portal, 01 April 2011 08:47:51, http://thequalityportal.com/glossary/b.htm