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Lessons from benchmarking environmental performance at automobile assembly plants

Rothenberg, Sandra; Schenck, Brian; Maxwell, James - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 12 (2005) 1, pp. 5-15

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to better understand benefits and problems with different approaches to benchmarking environmental performance in manufacturing. Design/methodology/approach – This paper shares the experience of a research program developing environmental benchmarking...

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Improving of the efficiency through benchmarking: a case of Ukrainian breweries

Goncharuk, Anatoliy G. - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 16 (2009) 1, pp. 70-87

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of competitive and international performance benchmarking in order to estimate efficiency, determine key factors, find the internal and foreign benchmarks, and reveal the full reserves of inputs reduction and potential growth...

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Benchmarking road freight transport

McKinnon, Alan C. - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 16 (2009) 5, pp. 640-656

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a critical review of the first ten years of the UK Government's “transport key performance indicator (KPI)” programme which benchmarks the efficiency of road freight operations. Design/methodology/approach – Documentation on nine...

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Marketing productivity and profitability of Indonesian public listed manufacturing firms

Edy Halim, Rizal - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 17 (2010) 6, pp. 842-857

Purpose – This research tries to fill a gap in research and to suggest a rigorous quantitative approach to benchmarking marketing productivity. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is useful in identifying the best‐performing units to be benchmarked against as well as in providing actionable...

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State road transport undertakings in India: technical efficiency and its determinants

Kumar, Sunil - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 18 (2011) 5, pp. 616-643

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is not only to gauge the extent of technical efficiency in 31 state road transport undertakings (SRTUs) operating in India but also to explore the most influential factors explaining its variations across SRTUs. Design/methodology/approach – Three popular...

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Exploring the relationship between efficiency and profitability

Keramidou, Ioanna; Mimis, Angelos; Fotinopoulou, Aikaterini - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 20 (2013) 5, pp. 647-660

Purpose – This paper aims to identify the relationship between efficiency and profitability by using data from Greek meat processing companies over the period 1994‐2007. Design/methodology/approach – The relationship of efficiency and profitability is studied, by applying a new performance...

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The impact of Auto‐ID on logistics performance

Johansson, Ola; Pålsson, Henrik - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 16 (2009) 4, pp. 504-522

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how logistics performance is affected by the use of different … logistics performance for companies using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, while no significant differences can … between RFID and logistics performance. Practical implications – The findings may enable managers to estimate the potential of …

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Evaluating the comparative managerial efficiency of leading third party logistics providers in North America

Min, Hokey; DeMond, Sherrie; Joo, Seong‐Jong - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 20 (2013) 1, pp. 62-78

Purpose – This paper aims to measure the comparative managerial efficiency of 24 leading third‐party logistics …

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Performance evaluation of an online benchmarking tool for European freight transport chains

Islam, Zahurul; Zunder, Thomas H.; Jorna, Ronald - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 20 (2013) 2, pp. 233-250

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the performance of an online benchmarking tool developed for logistics …

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Reducing transportation emissions

Pålsson, Henrik; Johansson, Ola - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 23 (2016) 3, pp. 674-703

implementation of and barriers to 12 actions to reduce CO 2 emissions from freight transportation. In total, 172 logistics managers … responded, representing a response rate of 40.3 per cent. Findings – Logistics service providers (LSPs) and freight owners are …. The lowest level of confidence was for reducing CO 2 emissions by changing logistics structures, while there was greater …

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