Understanding the practice of performance measurement in industrial collaboration: From design to implementation

TLDR: The research aims to study the crucial characteristics of PMS design and implementation in industrial collaboration, in which multiple tiers, extending beyond the buyer-supplier dyad, are considered.

About: This article is published in Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management.The article was published on 2020-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 13 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Implementation & Performance measurement.

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Table 4. Main features of the PMSs

Table 2. Overview of the case companies

Table 5. Summary of the results

Table 1. Overview of current research

Figure 1. The organization of the companies described in the case studies

Table 3. Content of the collected data

Frequently asked questions

Q1. What have the authors contributed in "Understanding the practice of performance measurement in industrial collaboration: from design to implementation ukko juhani, saunila minna" ?

Maestrini et al. this paper investigated the design and implementation of a performance measurement system for industrial collaboration, in which multiple tiers are considered, extending beyond the buyer-supplier dyad. 

Q2. What future works have the authors mentioned in the paper "Understanding the practice of performance measurement in industrial collaboration: from design to implementation ukko juhani, saunila minna" ?

Concerning future research, more case studies on different types of industrial collaboration should be conducted to generalize the findings. It is also essential to study measures that have been successfully implemented in practice. 

Q3. What is the importance of the usability of industrial facilities?

Due to everincreasing automation, continuous flow production, and fierce competition, the importance of the usability of industrial facilities is emphasized. 

Q4. What is the main reason for developing a measurement for the collaborative performance?

Within the mining entity, the main reason for developing a measurement for the collaborative performance was to better manage the end customer (in this case, end customer refers to a company that buys the plant’s products) interface. 

Q5. What is the main argument of Neely et al. (2000)?

Bourne et al. (2000) support this argument and suggest that designing a PMS is principally a cognitive exercise of translating customer views and stakeholder needs into business objectives and appropriate performance measures.