Analysis And Management Of Productivity And Efficiency In Production Systems For Goods And Services

Analysis and Management of Productivity and Efficiency in Production Systems for Goods and Services

In companies that produce goods and services, productivity and efficiency improvements are a constant challenge. This book reviews the differences between productivity and efficiency. It proposes a new method and makes available a computational tool for implementation that contributes to facilitating the use of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The book presents a discussion about productivity and efficiency, illustrating the potentials of use and conceptual differences. It covers the concepts and techniques for analysis of productivity and efficiency, analyzing critical benefits and limitations, explains in detail how to use DEA for analysis, provides innovative methods for using DEA, offers a free online computer tool with a direction guide, shows real empirical applications, and covers other techniques that can be used to complement the analysis performed. The book is for professionals, managers, consultants, students working and taking courses in productive systems of goods and services. Ancillary materials include a free online computer tool to operationalize the concepts and methods proposed in the book, a guide on how to use the method and the software developed for the DEA application. Solutions manual, instructor’s manual, PowerPoint slides, and figure slides also will be available upon qualified adoption.

Systems Engineering

Advances in Logistics Engineering

The development of logistics systems plays an increasingly important role in the life of production and service companies, as the efficiency of logistics processes has a major impact on the efficiency of production and service processes. For in-plant material supply systems and global supply chains, logistics processes not only have an impact on efficiency but also have a significant impact on sustainability. This book offers a selection of chapters that explain the different aspects of logistics engineering. The aim of this book is to help students at all levels as well as managers and researchers to understand the advances in logistics engineering.