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Introduction
Since early 1990, the Georgia Tech
faculties have been exploring new methods for performance assessment of
industrial systems with particular emphasis on warehousing operations. The
methodology being developed is related to data envelopment
analysis (DEA).
About
DEA
The basic DEA model observes system inputs (applied or consumed
resources) and system outputs (produced goods or services) for each
producer in a population or sample of producers. For a given firm, the
model identifies the best theoretical performance based on actual members
of the sample, and provides a score relative to that theoretical best. For
firms who are not "best in class," the method identifies opportunities for
performance improvement. For more information, check "Methodology Introduction".
About
iDEAs
iDEAs makes the DEA methodology accessible via the internet,
and enables firms to perform a self-assessment and benchmark themselves
against other firms in their industry. Recalling "Garbage In, Garbage
Out," the self-assessment is only as good as the data supplied. Click here to learn more about iDEAs.
Using
iDEAs
Only registered companies may use iDEAs. Information about
the firm is required in order to verify the assessment data and to select
a sample of similar firms for assessment analysis. Contact information for
each user is also required so that we may provide a password (to insure
data security and integrity) and so that we can clarify data entries that
appear out of place. Learn more about how
to get started and what kind of data is required.
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