TY - GEN
T1 - Effectiveness evaluation services for small to medium-sized manufacturing enterprise
AU - Ahmad, Norita
AU - Qiu, Robin G.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Small to Medium-Sized Manufacturing Enterprises (SMEs) are considered to be the supplier base for domestic manufacturing in all industrialized nations. The SME has reliably demonstrated the ability to innovate and bring to the market new technologies in manufacturing. As businesses are moving in the direction of globalization, SMEs confront a new challenge in competing in the competitive global market. Therefore, the question investigated in this research is, given the globalization of manufacturing, how can SMEs reposition themselves for competitive advantage? Answer to this question obviously relies on a solid model of evaluating the effectiveness of SMEs' current business practices. An integrated model by combining the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is developed, aimed at linking both qualitative and quantitative factors of multiple manufacturing input/output to accurately assess the operations and performance of SMEs. The analytical results hence can be used to help SMEs better understand the problems and opportunities confronting their operations. This study is validated using the data collection of over 1500 SMEs.
AB - Small to Medium-Sized Manufacturing Enterprises (SMEs) are considered to be the supplier base for domestic manufacturing in all industrialized nations. The SME has reliably demonstrated the ability to innovate and bring to the market new technologies in manufacturing. As businesses are moving in the direction of globalization, SMEs confront a new challenge in competing in the competitive global market. Therefore, the question investigated in this research is, given the globalization of manufacturing, how can SMEs reposition themselves for competitive advantage? Answer to this question obviously relies on a solid model of evaluating the effectiveness of SMEs' current business practices. An integrated model by combining the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is developed, aimed at linking both qualitative and quantitative factors of multiple manufacturing input/output to accurately assess the operations and performance of SMEs. The analytical results hence can be used to help SMEs better understand the problems and opportunities confronting their operations. This study is validated using the data collection of over 1500 SMEs.
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U2 - 10.1109/SOLI.2006.236717
DO - 10.1109/SOLI.2006.236717
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34347258762
SN - 1424403189
SN - 9781424403189
T3 - 2006 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, SOLI 2006
SP - 1106
EP - 1112
BT - 2006 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, SOLI 2006
T2 - 2006 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, SOLI 2006
Y2 - 21 June 2006 through 23 June 2006
ER -