Efficiency analysis in the supply chain is one of the fundamental elements of controlling analysis. Despite the necessity of performing comprehensive efficiency analyses in business practice, the degree of their utilization is unsatisfactory. This is caused both by the imprecise definition of the issues of logistics process efficiency in the subject literature, as well as the lack of comprehensive solutions supporting analyses in practice.
Efficiency is a concept that is quite difficult to define unambiguously. Especially in Polish-language literature, one can find synonymous terms such as effectiveness, proficiency, or productivity. In the economic aspect, efficiency is the result of an enterprise’s business activity, being the ratio of the obtained effect to the incurred expenditure.
The resulting improvement in efficiency can be achieved through the purposeful shaping of value-oriented processes, thereby determining the appropriate (standard) allocation of resources. The method of assessing resource allocation efficiency presented above is consistent with the Kaldor-Hicks efficiency concept, according to which a solution leads to an increase in efficiency when, as a result of an appropriate allocation of resources, it is possible to improve the efficiency indicator classically described as the ratio of effects to inputs. In a situation where, for a given allocation of resources, any change in allocation causes a decrease in the efficiency indicator – then the current allocation is the most efficient. In the essence of efficiency, according to P. Blaik, there is also an assessment of the effect from the point of view of the purposefulness of the action and the adoption of two basic dimensions in the analyses:
– market dimension, aiming at shaping the optimal value-added structure for the customer,
– production process structure dimension, which considers activities and costs taking into account rational economic relations.
Efficiency of transport processes
A comprehensive analysis of the efficiency of transport processes in the economic aspect should enable the analysis of all factors influencing the implementation of the transport process. For this reason, the possibility of linking a system of indicators used for the analysis and assessment of transport process efficiency with controlling feedback loops is the use of the assumptions of the Balanced Scorecard. The Balanced Scorecard enables the analysis of efficiency from the perspective of the customer’s finances, internal processes, and development. By analyzing the efficiency of the transport process in the four discussed perspectives, a set of metrics was developed, taking into account the basic feature of efficiency defined as the ratio of effects and inputs.
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Source: Logistyka Magazine