Time to put benchmarking back on bench

PERSPECTIVE, the well known boss of a dairy group recently remarked, depends on the spot you happen to be standing on at a particular time.

Presumably he meant that points of view differ and indeed are influenced by the particular angle an individual or organisation happens to be coming from.

Given the mood on the economy at the moment, the perspective generally is pretty glum, with many more jobs due for the chop over the next 18 months.