In spite of logistics having grown in importance lately, which included
the discussion of concepts such as integrated logistics and supply chain
management in the business agenda, little has been discussed about how to
measure logistics performance. This paper analyzes the perception of
logistics professionals about the effectiveness of MMOG/LE (Materials
Management Operating Guideline/Logistics Evaluation), which is a set of
recommendations regarding logistics and materials management that was
created by the automotive industry to be used by those comprising its supply
chain. The respondents, who were naturally all from the automotive industry
(they were suppliers of large vehicle assemblers with industrial plants
located in Brazil), had been previously trained on this logistics
performance evaluation tool in order to implement it in their organizations.
They filled in an email survey with Likert scale questions, early in 2008.
Among other findings of the research, it was noticed that the impact of the
MMOG/LE recommendation is stronger with respect to activities that had not
been previously addressed by quality norms and recommendations. Most
respondents also considered that their organizations were already efficient
in integrating their activities with their customers (car assemblers) but
rarely with their suppliers, which was acknowledged to be the bottleneck of
their logistics systems.
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