TY - JOUR
T1 - Efficiency evaluation of production lines using maximal balance index
AU - Badiezadeh, Taliva
AU - Saen, Reza Farzipoor
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Determining efficiency and ranking of production lines are important issues in operations management. In this paper, we calculate the efficiency of production lines using network data envelopment analysis (NDEA) model in the presence of desirable and undesirable outputs. However, in NDEA several production lines may become efficient which makes ranking impossible. For the first time, maximal balance index and NDEA are combined to rank production lines. A case study determines efficiency scores of seven Iranian factories. Case study shows advantage of our model over previous ones.
AB - Determining efficiency and ranking of production lines are important issues in operations management. In this paper, we calculate the efficiency of production lines using network data envelopment analysis (NDEA) model in the presence of desirable and undesirable outputs. However, in NDEA several production lines may become efficient which makes ranking impossible. For the first time, maximal balance index and NDEA are combined to rank production lines. A case study determines efficiency scores of seven Iranian factories. Case study shows advantage of our model over previous ones.
KW - Data envelopment analysis
KW - DEA
KW - Efficiency ranking
KW - Maximal balance index
KW - Network DEA
KW - Undesirable output
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U2 - 10.1504/IJMDM.2014.063573
DO - 10.1504/IJMDM.2014.063573
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84904739216
SN - 1462-4621
VL - 13
SP - 302
EP - 317
JO - International Journal of Management and Decision Making
JF - International Journal of Management and Decision Making
IS - 3
ER -