Title: Performance measurement of manufacturing units using hybrid weights method

Authors: Raman Kumar; Harwinder Singh; Jasgurpreet Singh Chohan; Sunil Luthra

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chandigarh University, NH-95, Ludhiana-Chandigarh State Hwy., Punjab 140413, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Gill Park, Gill Road, Ludhiana, Punjab 141006, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chandigarh University, NH-95, Ludhiana-Chandigarh State Hwy., Punjab 140413, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ch. Ranbir Singh State Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jhajjar, Gurugram Rd., Silani Panakeso, Haryana 124103, India

Abstract: This paper aims to provide new insight into using a hybrid weightage framework for measuring the performance of manufacturing organisations. In the proposed framework, five important parameters (viz. quality, flexibility, delivery, cost, production) and corresponding 15 sub-parameters have been considered for measuring the performance of small-scale agricultural equipment manufacturing organisations. The hybrid weights, i.e., a combination of subjective, objective, and normalised standard regression weights, have been used to fulfil the aim of the study. A case study of an organisation having two plants situated at different places (both engaged in manufacturing agricultural equipment) has been demonstrated to show the effectiveness of a framed model. The survey study showed that the cost has a higher path coefficient, and performance explains about 78% of the variance in price. The finding indicates that plant 1 has higher performance than plant 2 using hybrid weights.

Keywords: performance measurement; manufacturing; confirmatory factor analysis; hybrid weights; decision making.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBEX.2025.144982

International Journal of Business Excellence, 2025 Vol.35 No.3, pp.310 - 328

Received: 12 Mar 2021
Accepted: 17 Jun 2021
Published online: 17 Mar 2025 *

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