Evaluating Efficiency and Effectiveness in Transport Organizations

Išoraitė, Margarita

doi:10.3846/16484142.2005.9638027

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“…Contrary to the CBA monetizing practice, CEA puts in balance two elements: the cost of achieving one objective and the level of achievement of that objective. In other words, a cost effectiveness analysis makes a ratio between the inputs in monetary terms and the outcomes in non-monetary quantified terms [27]. Input data for the CEA, as well as for the CBA, is difficult to collect.…”

Section: Cost-effectiveness Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Innovation in Road Freight Transport: Quantifying the Environmental Performance of Operational Cost-Reducing Practices

2019

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Road transportation is a key mode of transport when it comes to ensuring the hinterland connection of most European ports. Constrained by low profit margins and having to be active in a highly competitive market, companies active in this sector seek multi-dimensional innovative solutions that lower their operational costs. These innovative initiatives also yield positive environmental effects. The latter however are poorly recognized. This paper investigates the characteristics of different types of chassis used to transport containers from and to the terminals in the port areas and looks into the details of operational planning practices. It analyses the cost-effectiveness of these innovative solutions highlighting both the costs and the environmental emissions they save. Transport data from a road hauler serving the hinterland connection of a port in Western Europe is used to build up a case study. Results show that by using special types of chassis, which enable the combination of transport tasks in round-trips, the operational costs are reduced by 25% to 35%, and equally the CO2 emissions are also decreased by 34% to 38%.

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Section: Cost-effectiveness Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Innovation in Road Freight Transport: Quantifying the Environmental Performance of Operational Cost-Reducing Practices

2019

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“…The abundance of financial indicators that characterise the company's operational efficiency accounted for the complexity of providing unambiguous conclusions. Therefore, we employed the operational efficiency evaluation methodology designed for a specific economic branch or the operational efficiency of all the entities in a specific economic branch [1,6]. The analysis is consistent with the theory developed by F. E. Kydland and E. C. Prescott to the effect that the transfer of microeconomic regularities to macroeconomics contributes to the disclosure of new regularities.…”

Section: An Operational Activity Evaluation Model For the Transport Smentioning

confidence: 99%

Expression of the Transport Sector Operational Efficiency Evaluation Methodology (Trends) at Different Stages of the Economic Cycle

Kiyak

Župerkienė

2018

Transport Problems

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It is important to evaluate the impact of economic fluctuations on the transport sector operational efficiency, since such an analysis is a source of economic information which contributes to the identification of the sector's potential and advantages, the establishment of the risky areas of activity, and the exploration of the opportunities to increase its effectiveness. The aim of the study was to apply mathematical evaluation methods to the exploration of the operational efficiency of the Lithuanian transport sector companies and, based on the outcomes, to validate the opportunity of predicting a potential change of the economic cycle. The operational efficiency of the Lithuanian transport sector was analysed in the context of the cyclical national economy, and not in individual economic boom or recession periods, as that allowed for more detailed evaluation of the specific activities of the sector and its impact on Lithuanian economy. To achieve the aim, three different stages of the economic cycle in Lithuania were identified, and calculations were made during them. Based on the aggregate financial data, four different economic efficiency indicators were developed that reflected the efficiency level of the entire transport sector, and the sensitivity of the transport sector to economic fluctuations was identified. The comparison of the changes in the transport sector and in Lithuanian economy made it obvious that the level of the sector's operational efficiency could be regarded as a leading indicator of the economic cycle.

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“…Th e sources of worldwide literature, wherein the issue on the effi ciency indicators of airports is investigated, are comparatively limited in number, though it should be noted that the recent decade has witnessed an increasingly growing interest in the subject. In addition, a number of studies involving an effi ciency-based comparison of airports have been carried out in individual countries: Australia - Abbott and Wu (2002), Great Britain - Parker (1999), USA - Gillen and Lall (1997), Bazargan and Vasigh (2003), Sarkis (2000), Sarkis and Talluri (2004), Spain - Martín and Román (2001), Brazil - Fernandes and Pacheco (2001, 2005, Japan - Yoshida (2004). However, only very few researchers attempted to investigate the issue on a larger scale than the national one, for example, on the European (Pels et al 2001 and2003) or international (Adler and Berechman 2001;Oum et al 2003;Oum and Yu 2004) level.…”

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Research Into the Methods of Analysing the Productivity Indicators of Transport Terminals

Jaržemskienė

2009

Transport

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The measurement of terminal productivity is the issue of extreme importance to both terminal owners and management and customers. As the sector of transport is highly intensive in terms of investments into the infrastructure, the productivity of a terminal may play a crucial role in competing with other terminals. Productivity is defined in terms of inputs and output. The majority of the available studies, wherein this issue is addressed, are generally focused on the determination of functional dependence between inputs and output using the method of regressive analysis. The present article provides an insight into the Data Envelopment Analysis method as a tool for measuring productivity. This technique enables a rather accurate evaluation of terminal productivity by means of comparative analysis, which, in fact, appears to be the only feasible alternative in cases where statistic data required for performing regressive analysis is lacking.

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Evaluating Efficiency and Effectiveness in Transport Organizations

Cited by 12 publications

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Innovation in Road Freight Transport: Quantifying the Environmental Performance of Operational Cost-Reducing Practices

Innovation in Road Freight Transport: Quantifying the Environmental Performance of Operational Cost-Reducing Practices

Expression of the Transport Sector Operational Efficiency Evaluation Methodology (Trends) at Different Stages of the Economic Cycle

Research Into the Methods of Analysing the Productivity Indicators of Transport Terminals

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