Overall, selecting benchmarking as the contemporary management technique for SafeHouse appeared to be appropriate based on their current manual and time-consuming process for data entry, data sharing, reporting in the development and administration departments. Opposed to other techniques such as business process improvement and target costing that did not apply to their business model or immediate need. As previously mentioned, benchmarking has been around for some decades, providing real solutions to real problems in the private and nonprofit environment. At first glance benchmarking seems like the likely choice to remedy various service and operational challenges, but it is important to note that benchmarking requires full commitment,
