Determinants of scale efficiency in the Brazilian third-party logistics industry from 2001 to 2009
AUTOR(ES)
Wanke, Peter F.
FONTE
BAR, Braz. Adm. Rev.
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2012-03
RESUMO
This article investigates the Brazilian third-party logistics (3PL) sector which, increasingly competitive, offers clients a wide variety of services/information technologies in the quest to bolster efficiency. The main research objective is to determine which variables significantly impact 3PLs scale efficiency by applying two-stage DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis). Based on an unbalanced panel model, data from the annual study published by Revista Tecnologística (years 2001-2009) were analyzed. Results corroborate evidence in the literature that coordination mechanisms in the supply chain, supported by the availability of real time information and inventory synchronization, favor a more rational allocation of resources (inputs) to client demands (outputs).
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