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Accounting for external turbulence of logistics organizations via performance measurement systems
Bühler, Andreas; Wallenburg, Carl Marcus; Wieland, Andreas - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 21 (2016) 6, pp. 694-708
Purpose This paper aims to investigate the role of upper management in designing performance measurement systems (PMS) that account for external turbulence of the organization and to show how this PMS design for turbulence impacts organizational resilience and distribution service performance....
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Export Benchmarking: EXPORT PRACTICES ASSOCIATED WITH SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE
Crespy, Charles; Miller, Van; Becker, Thomas - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 8 (1993) 1, pp. 36-44
Benchmarking is the process of identifying business practices that lead to superior performance. This is done by … presidentially‐conferred “E” Award. Offers an initial step toward benchmarking the practices of 73 of these award‐winning exporters …
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Evaluation of operational performance of workover rigs activities in oilfields
Mansour, Haitham; Munir Ahmad, M.; Dhafr, Nesreddin; … - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 62 (2013) 2, pp. 204-218
Purpose – This paper aims to develop a practical method to evaluate operational performance of workover rigs and present an approach to measure the overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) based on results of the evaluation method. Design/methodology/approach – The area of this study focuses on...
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A framework for auditing and enhancing performance measurement systems
Medori, David; Steeple, Derek - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 20 (2000) 5, pp. 520-533
To be world class and be classified as a world class manufacturer, manufacturing organisations need to have a number of critical ingredients: one such ingredient is that of an appropriate performance measurement system. Measurement systems incorporating financial and non‐financial measures...
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A computational geometry approach for benchmarking
Talluri, Srinivas; Sarkis, Joseph - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 21 (2001) 1/2, pp. 210-223
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A SUPER methodology for business process improvement ‐ An industrial case study in Hong Kong/China
Lee, K.T.; Chuah, K.B. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 21 (2001) 5/6, pp. 687-706
process improvement (CPI), business process reengineering (BPR), and business process benchmarking (BPB). Each has received …
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Benchmarking best manufacturing practices
Ulusoy, Gündüz; İkiz, İlknur - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 21 (2001) 7, pp. 1020-1043
Reports on a benchmarking study conducted to quantify how well companies operating in various sectors of Turkish … Strategies and Best Practices Benchmarking Questionnaire, supported by some follow‐up interviews and one‐day site visits …
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Manufacturing best practice and performance studies: a critique
Davies, Amanda J.; Kochhar, Ashok K. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 22 (2002) 3, pp. 289-305
has evolved from benchmarking as a means to improve company performance through the identification of best practice, to …
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Organisation of operating theatres: an Italian benchmarking study
Longo, Mariolina; Masella, Cristina - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 22 (2002) 4, pp. 425-444
The paper presents the main results of a benchmarking project involving eight Italian hospitals. The project sought to …
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Benchmarking in local government under a central government agenda
Ball, Amanda; Bowerman, Mary; Hawksworth, Shirley - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 7 (2000) 1, pp. 20-34
Examines the practical experience of benchmarking in the UK local government sector during the period leading to the … control, benchmarking has been subsumed under the wider practice of performance measurement in the sector. A critical factor … benchmarking: benchmarking as a rigorous and challenging scrutiny of local government processes; and benchmarking as an instrument …
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