A Procedural Framework for Benchmarking Biofoundry Capabilities

Benchmarking compares the performance of a product or
service with
a competitor. In a biofoundry context, capability benchmarking enables
more effective use of development resources and furthering business
development efforts. Biofoundries considering benchmarking activities
are immediately faced with many implementation questions and decisions.
While differing circumstances between biofoundries may lead to different
answers to those same questions, a common framework for the benchmarking
process is desirable. Perhaps the framework described here, and developed
for the United States Department of Energy Agile BioFoundry, will
be useful to other biofoundries around the world.