ISSN 2736-1624
Frontiers of Agriculture and Food Technology ISSN: 2736-1624 Vol. 14 (4), pp. 001-005, April, 2024. Available online at www.internationalscholarsjournals.org © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Assessing performance in the Iranian wood panels industry through DEA window analysis
Hemmasi A.1, Talaeipour M.1, Khademi- Eslam H.1, Farzipoor Sean R.2 and Pourmousa S. H.1*
1Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University - Tehran, Iran.
2Islamic Azad University- Karaj Branch, P.O. Box 31485-313, Iran.
Accepted 06 November, 2023
Abstract
Wood panel manufacturing is one of the important sectors in Iranian wood industry. The sector faces serious limitations in production technology and raw materials. So the performance of 10 firms of Iranian wood panels industry was evaluated. A DEA window analyses with a free oriented slack-based measure model (SBM) were performed based on financial data collected for the period of 5 years (2002 to 2006). The (firms) decision-making units were ranked based on average of efficiency scores and determination of the trends of their behaviors and stability of performances. The results of estimated efficiency score showed that all decision-making units (DMUs) in wood panel sector were stable (considering low standard deviation). But their trends and stability behaviors showed that almost half of decision-making units were positive. The difference of total range and the efficiency score average showed that many DMUs still were inefficient and reflect a fluctuation in efficiency score.
Key words: Data envelopment analysis, performance evaluation, windows analysis, wood panels industry.