Benchmarking: An International Journal: Volume 24 Issue 6

Problems of benchmarking greenhouse gas emissions in dairy agriculture

Andrew Green, John Tzilivakis, Douglas J. Warner, Kathleen Anne Lewis

The purpose of this paper is to examine the suitability of free carbon calculators aimed at the agricultural industry, for use in greenhouse gas (GHG) emission benchmarking, using…

Brand resonance score for CBBE model: an application in financial services

Raja Ambedkar Ande, Angappa Gunasekaran, Punniyamoorthy Murugesan, Thamaraiselvan Natarajan

Brand resonance will significantly improve the profits of the services industry in the twenty-first century. The purpose of this paper is to find the resonance score for modified…

A modified multiplier model of BCC DEA to determine cost-based efficiency

Subhadip Sarkar

A cost-oriented data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a non-parametric tool for discriminating the best performers from a number of homogenous decision-making units (DMU) using…

Aspects of corporate wellness programs: comparisons of customer satisfaction

Alan David Smith, Terry Damron, Amye Melton

With the passage of the Affordable Health Care Act in the USA, many companies are investing in corporate wellness programs as a way to reduce healthcare costs and increase…

Improving the quality of Sweden’s rail freight rolling stock: The use of date envelopment analysis in benchmarking and pricing

Kevin Cullinane, Rickard Bergqvist, Sharon Cullinane, Shengda Zhu, Linkai Wang

The purpose of this paper is to provide a theoretical conceptualization of how data envelopment analysis (DEA) can be applied to rail freight rolling stock in order to develop a…

An exploratory study on supply chain analytics applied to spare parts supply chain

Vedpal Arya, Pankaj Sharma, Ashwani Singh, P.T.M. De Silva

Big data analytics (BDA) has created a buzz around the world. It has been hailed as the new paradigm which has the potential to unlock value from otherwise non-productive aspects…

Clarity of CSR orientation and firm performance: case of Japanese SMEs

YeJin Park, YoungWon Park, Paul C. Hong, Soye Yang

The purpose of this paper is to examine how clarity of corporate social responsibility (CSR) orientation of Japanese small and medium enterprises (SMEs) achieves constructive firm…

Selection and evaluation of third party logistics service provider (3PLSP) by using an interpretive ranking process (IRP)

Balkrishna Eknath Narkhede, Rakesh Raut, Bhaskar Gardas, Huynh Trung Luong, Manoj Jha

The concept of third-party logistics service provider (3PLSP) has been considered as an essential organizational philosophy to achieve profits. The purpose of this paper is to…

Benchmarking between vegetable suppliers in Greece

Andreas Souliotis, Katerina Giazitzi, George Boskou

The purpose of this paper is to develop and implement benchmarking methods on food safety and hygiene between suppliers of fruits and vegetables, regardless the food safety…

Measuring the comparative performance of branches of a credit union for internal benchmarking

Seong-Jong Joo, Philipp A. Stoeberl, Kun Liao, Ke Ke

The purpose of this paper is to identify the efficiency scores of branches and districts, the sources of inefficiency for branches and projections of variables for inefficient…

Benchmarking project management dimensions at the lapse of a century: Case of Panama Canal and Palm Diera Island mega projects

Maqsood Sandhu, Asadullah Khan

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to investigate project management dimensions while constructing the Panama Canal from the end of ninetieth century to the start of…

Analysis of financial close delay in PPP infrastructure projects in developing countries

Solomon Olusola Babatunde, Srinath Perera

The presence of previous awarded public-private partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects that significantly delays reaching financial close constrain the likely success of new…

Evaluation of educational performance of Indian states using PROMETHEE-GIS approach

Shankar Chakraborty, Debapriyo Paul, Puneet Kumar Agarwal

Quality education is a key requirement of a burgeoning country, like India as it aims to establish a sustained growth. However, the current situation of Indian education system is…

Analyzing technical and super efficiency of aluminium firms in India

Mini Kundi, Seema Sharma

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the efficiency of aluminium firms in India.

Evaluating sustainable supply chain indicators using fuzzy AHP: Case of Indian automotive industry

Divesh Kumar, Chandra Prakash Garg

Sustainability in supply chain is gaining attention in recent years due to environmental concern, enforced legislation, green issues, social responsibility, etc. Sustainable…

The benchmarking of the use of toolkit for mass customization in the automobile industry

Diego Castro Fettermann, Márcia Elisa Soares Echeveste, Guilherme Luz Tortorella

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relation between the utilization of the customization strategy and the availability of the online toolkit and its features with the…