“…The description of competitiveness is difficult for researchers, because organizations have many and often overlapping targets [12][13][14][15][16][17]. Some of these may include: Quality [13], Vendor performance [14], Productivity [15], Efficiency [16], Competitive position [18], Operating performance [19], Distribution effectiveness [20,21], Raw financial statistics (e.g., net income, gross sales), Cost statistics (e.g., transport cost, standard labor costs), firm evaluation [22], waste management [23], and input/output measures or performance criteria (e.g., number of shipments/vehicle hour) [12], etc.…”