Simultaneous evaluation of efficiency, input effectiveness, and output effectiveness: An application in after sales services agents
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to develop a data envelopment analysis (DEA) technique that simultaneously measures efficiency and effectiveness to provide a comprehensive appraisal of the productivity. Additionally, an algorithm is recommended to determine targets that are used for measuring effectiveness.
Design/methodology/approach
In this paper, for measuring productivity, a new methodology based on non-parametric mathematical DEA technique was presented. The proposed procedure is able to compute the efficiency input effectiveness, and output effectiveness, simultaneously.
Findings
By comparing with previous models, the authors’ proposed integrated model generates more detailed results and has more discriminating power.
Originality/value
To the best of the authors knowledge, there is not any study in which a non-parametric mathematical approach measures productivity through simultaneous combining of the effectiveness, including input effectiveness, and output effectiveness, and the efficiency.
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Acknowledgements
The authors wish to thank three anonymous referees for their valuable comments that helped to improve quality of this paper.
Citation
Shabani, A., Faramarzi, G.R., Farzipoor Saen, R. and Khodakarami, M. (2017), "Simultaneous evaluation of efficiency, input effectiveness, and output effectiveness: An application in after sales services agents", Benchmarking: An International Journal, Vol. 24 No. 7, pp. 1854-1870. https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-10-2015-0096
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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