A New Look at Selecting Third-Party Reverse Logistics Providers

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza Farzipoor Saen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Data Envelopment Analysis ◽  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Weight Restrictions ◽  
Numerical Example ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Available Information ◽  
Nondiscretionary Factors

The use of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in many fields is based on total flexibility of the weights. However, the problem of allowing total flexibility of the weights is that the values of the weights obtained by solving the unrestricted DEA program are often in contradiction to prior views or additional available information. Also, many applications of DEA assume complete discretionary of decision making criteria. However, they do not assume the conditions that some factors are nondiscretionary. To select the most efficient third-party reverse logistics (3PL) provider in the conditions that both weight restrictions and nondiscretionary factors are present, a methodology is introduced. A numerical example demonstrates the application of the proposed method.

A New Look at Selecting Third-Party Reverse Logistics Providers

2012 ◽  
pp. 246-254
Author(s):  
Reza Farzipoor Saen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Data Envelopment Analysis ◽  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Weight Restrictions ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Available Information ◽  
Nondiscretionary Factors ◽  
Decision Making Criteria

The use of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in many fields is based on total flexibility of the weights. However, the problem of allowing total flexibility of the weights is that the values of the weights obtained by solving the unrestricted DEA program are often in contradiction to prior views or additional available information. Also, many applications of DEA assume complete discretionary of decision making criteria. However, they do not assume the conditions that some factors are nondiscretionary. To select the most efficient third-party reverse logistics (3PL) provider in the conditions that both weight restrictions and nondiscretionary factors are present, a methodology is introduced. A numerical example demonstrates the application of the proposed method.

A DECISION MODEL FOR SELECTING THIRD-PARTY REVERSE LOGISTICS PROVIDERS IN THE PRESENCE OF BOTH DUAL-ROLE FACTORS AND IMPRECISE DATA

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (02) ◽  
pp. 239-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
REZA FARZIPOOR SAEN
Keyword(s):  
Data Envelopment Analysis ◽  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Decision Model ◽  
Dual Role ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Imprecise Data ◽  
Numerical Example ◽  
Proposed Model

This paper introduces a model for dealing with selecting third-party reverse logistics (3PL) providers in the presence of both dual-role factors and imprecise data. The proposed model is based on data envelopment analysis (DEA). A numerical example demonstrates the application of the proposed method.

scholarly journals Using Data Envelopment Analysis and Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods to Evaluate Teacher Performance in Higher Education

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milena Popović ◽  
Gordana Savić ◽  
Marija Kuzmanović ◽  
Milan Martić
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Data Envelopment Analysis ◽  
Conjoint Analysis ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Efficiency Evaluation ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Weight Restrictions ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Discrimination Power

This paper proposes an approach that combines data envelopment analysis (DEA) with the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and conjoint analysis, as multi-criteria decision-making methods to evaluate teachers’ performance in higher education. This process of evaluation is complex as it involves consideration of both objective and subjective efficiency assessments. The efficiency evaluation in the presence of multiple different criteria is done by DEA and results heavily depend on their selection, values, and the weights assigned to them. Objective efficiency evaluation is data-driven, while the subjective efficiency relies on values of subjective criteria usually captured throughout the survey. The conjoint analysis helps with the selection and determining the relative importance of such criteria, based on stakeholder preferences, obtained as an evaluation of experimentally designed hypothetical profiles. An efficient experimental design can be either symmetric or asymmetric depending on the structure of criteria covered by the study. Obtained importance might be a guideline for selecting adequate input and output criteria in the DEA model when assessing teachers’ subjective efficiency. Another reason to use conjoint preferences is to set a basis for weight restrictions in DEA and consequently to increase its discrimination power. Finally, the overall teacher’s efficiency is an AHP aggregation of subjective and objective teaching and research efficiency scores. Given the growing competition in the field of education, a higher level of responsibility and commitment is expected, and it is therefore helpful to identify weaknesses so that they can be addressed. Therefore, the evaluation of teachers’ efficiency at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organizational Sciences illustrates the usage of the proposed approach. As results, relatively efficient and inefficient teachers were identified, the reasons and aspects of their inefficiency were discovered, and rankings were made.

Reading Required Characters in Market of Products by Using Data Envelopment Analysis

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masao Arakawa ◽  
Hirotaka Nakayama ◽  
Ye Boon Yun ◽  
Hiroshi Ishikawa
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Data Envelopment Analysis ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Competitive Power ◽  
Early Design ◽  
Early Design Stage ◽  
Numerical Example ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Competitive Products

Abstract In this paper, we will try to help decision making of very early design stage what the designers have to take into account to design competitive products. The proposed method is based on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and through DEA; we will derive requirements of needs in the markets for the products. As for numerical example, we use 108 data from automobile and classify them into 11 categories and find out the character of each category and showed how the weights shift to gain competitive power in the market.

scholarly journals A multiobjective approach for non-discretionary variables in data envelopment analysis

DYNA ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 83 (195) ◽  
pp. 9-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lidia Angulo Meza ◽  
João Carlos Soares de Mello ◽  
Silvio Gomes Junior
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Data Envelopment Analysis ◽  
Decision Maker ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Efficiency Evaluation ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Numerical Example ◽  
Multiobjective Approach ◽  
Ratio Optimization ◽  
Decision Making Units

Data Envelopment Analysis is a non-parametrical approach for efficiency evaluation of so-called DMUs (Decision Making Units) and takes into account multiple inputs and outputs. For each inefficient DMU, a target is provided which is constituted by the inputs or outputs levels that are to be attained for the inefficient DMU to become efficient. However, multiobjective models, known as MORO (Multiobjective Model for Ratio Optimization) provide a set of targets for inefficient DMU, which provides alternatives among which the decision-maker can choose. In this paper, we proposed an extension of the MORO models to take into account non-discretionary variables, i.e., variables that cannot be controlled. We present a numerical example to illustrate the proposed multiobjective model. We also discuss the characteristics of this model, as well as the advantages of offering a set of targets for the inefficient DMUs when there are non-discretionary variables in the data set.

A ranking system based on inverse data envelopment analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khosro Soleimani-Chamkhorami ◽  
Farhad Hosseinzadeh Lotfi ◽  
Gholamreza Jahanshahloo ◽  
Mohsen Rostamy-Malkhalifeh
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Data Envelopment Analysis ◽  
Commercial Banks ◽  
Efficiency Score ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Input Output ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Ranking System ◽  
Numerical Example ◽  
Decision Making Units

Abstract Inverse (DEA) is an approach to estimate the expected input/output variation levels when the efficiency score reminds unchanged. Essentially, finding most efficient decision-making units (DMUs) or ranking units is an important problem in DEA. A new ranking system for ordering extreme efficient units based on inverse DEA is introduced in this article. In the adopted method, here the amount of required increment of inputs by increasing the outputs of the unit under evaluation is obtained through the proposed models. By obtaining these variations, this proposed methodology enables the researcher to rank the efficient DMUs in an appropriate manner. Through the analytical theorem, it is proved that suggested models here are feasible. These newly introduced models are validated through a data set of commercial banks and a numerical example.

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