In my firm there are two parts offering pretty much the same product to two somewhat overlapping segments of the market. The parts are not integrated. It feels

In my firm there are two parts offering pretty much the same product to two somewhat overlapping segments of the market. The parts are not integrated. It feels good to have an internal benchmark to our performance. We try actively limit politicking (hard) but do succeed in benchmarking, sharing best practices and even successful (IT-)implementations. (I know you write without collaboration. Just wanted to add feeling to internal competition with collaboration.)