“…Examining this relationship in relation to an efficiency frontier holds significant interest for government and investment agencies, economists, and management professionals.The extent of technical inefficiency is captured by the difference between the efficiency frontier and the actual input-output relationship. Studies on TE have been conducted widely in various areas, such as the Indian manufacturing sector (Singh, Ashraf, & Ashish, 2019) carrot production (Abunyuwah, Yenibehit, & Ahiale, 2019) the Malaysian transportation industry (Hashim, Mohamed, Fahmy-Abdullah, & Sieng, 2021) and the Chinese energy industry (Wanke, Tan, Antunes, & Hadi-Vencheh, 2020) and agricultural production (Huang, Xu, & Guo, 2021). This evidence indicates that TE has been recognised as a relevant indicator for evaluating production efficiency and identifying weighted input that enhances efficiency.…”