Performance measurement in Malaysian container haulage industry : A critical evaluation

Evaluating operational performance is one of the most critical business activities as it helps organisations measure their competitiveness level. Knowing current performance level helps managers strategise what should be done to stay ahead of the competition as well as increase market presence. In t...

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Main Authors: Mohd. Zaid, Zailani, Shah, Muhammad Zaly
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2007
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/1834/1/Zailani_and_Zaly__Transport_.pdf
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description Evaluating operational performance is one of the most critical business activities as it helps organisations measure their competitiveness level. Knowing current performance level helps managers strategise what should be done to stay ahead of the competition as well as increase market presence. In this paper, the methods the container haulage industry in Malaysia used to measure their operational performance are critically evaluated. Based on primary data obtained from major players in the haulage industry, there is a lack of common benchmark for these haulage operators could use to measure industry performance. Instead, each haulage operators use their own performance measures which basically are simple input-output production ratios. Therefore, this paper proposes that a common performance measure is adopted as industry benchmark. The benefit of this common performance measure is the ability to identify the most efficient haulage operator with which other haulage players can benchmark.
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spelling utm.eprints-18342022-04-26T14:47:59Z http://eprints.utm.my/1834/ Performance measurement in Malaysian container haulage industry : A critical evaluation Mohd. Zaid, Zailani Shah, Muhammad Zaly NA Architecture TH434-437 Quantity surveying Evaluating operational performance is one of the most critical business activities as it helps organisations measure their competitiveness level. Knowing current performance level helps managers strategise what should be done to stay ahead of the competition as well as increase market presence. In this paper, the methods the container haulage industry in Malaysia used to measure their operational performance are critically evaluated. Based on primary data obtained from major players in the haulage industry, there is a lack of common benchmark for these haulage operators could use to measure industry performance. Instead, each haulage operators use their own performance measures which basically are simple input-output production ratios. Therefore, this paper proposes that a common performance measure is adopted as industry benchmark. The benefit of this common performance measure is the ability to identify the most efficient haulage operator with which other haulage players can benchmark. 2007 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/1834/1/Zailani_and_Zaly__Transport_.pdf Mohd. Zaid, Zailani and Shah, Muhammad Zaly (2007) Performance measurement in Malaysian container haulage industry : A critical evaluation. In: Fakulti Alam Bina Postgraduate Seminar, 2007, UTM, Skudai.
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Performance measurement in Malaysian container haulage industry : A critical evaluation
title Performance measurement in Malaysian container haulage industry : A critical evaluation
title_full Performance measurement in Malaysian container haulage industry : A critical evaluation
title_fullStr Performance measurement in Malaysian container haulage industry : A critical evaluation
title_full_unstemmed Performance measurement in Malaysian container haulage industry : A critical evaluation
title_short Performance measurement in Malaysian container haulage industry : A critical evaluation
title_sort performance measurement in malaysian container haulage industry a critical evaluation
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TH434-437 Quantity surveying
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