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Performance benchmarking and measuring program impacts on customers: lessons from the Midwest Manufacturing Technology Center

机译:性能基准测试和衡量计划对客户的影响:中西部制造技术中心的经验教训

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Most attempts to evaluate the impact of manufacturing extension suffer from at least one of three weaknesses: (1) subjectivity of the outcome data, (2) inattention to industry (leading to inappropriate outcome measures), and (3) lack of controls. This article reports on our work on the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center (MMTC) evaluation effort, and our attempts to redress these weaknesses. Since 1991, the MMTC has established a database of performance metrics, tracking changes over time for both MMTC clients and a non-client control group. These data, coupled with a detailed scheme for characterizing heterogeneous MMTC interventions, provide the raw inputs for an analysis of the impact of MMTC operations. Analysis of the relative change in client performance, from 1990–1992 and from 1991–1993 have demonstrated that MMTC clients are, indeed, taking some actions that lead to faster improvement relative to the control group. But a notable exception is the area of employee computer use: client firms are increasing their use of computers throughout the workforce at a slower rate than the control group. This is of particular concern, as employee computer use is strongly correlated with labor productivity, which is closely related to improved profits and wages. The article outlines our approach and analysis, summarizes our recommendations to the MMTC for program improvements, and reflects briefly on the lessons for manufacturing extension policy more generally.
机译:大多数评估制造业扩张的影响的尝试都至少具有以下三个弱点之一:(1)结果数据的主观性;(2)对行业的不重视(导致不适当的结果度量);以及(3)缺乏控制力。本文报告了我们在密歇根州制造技术中心(MMTC)评估工作中所做的工作,以及我们为纠正这些弱点所做的尝试。自1991年以来,MMTC建立了性能指标数据库,跟踪MMTC客户和非客户控制组随时间的变化。这些数据,加上用于表征不同MMTC干预措施的详细方案,为分析MMTC行动的影响提供了原始输入。对1990-1992年和1991-1993年客户绩效的相对变化进行的分析表明,MMTC客户确实在采取一些行动,从而相对于对照组更快地得到了改善。但是一个值得注意的例外是员工使用计算机的领域:客户公司在整个员工队伍中使用计算机的速度比对照组要慢。这尤其令人担忧,因为员工使用计算机与劳动生产率密切相关,而劳动生产率与提高的利润和工资密切相关。本文概述了我们的方法和分析,总结了我们向MMTC提出的有关计划改进的建议,并简要地总结了更广泛的制造业扩展政策的经验教训。

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  • 来源
    《Research policy》 |1996年第2期|p. 233-246|共14页
  • 作者

    Dan Luria; Edith Wiarda;

  • 作者单位

    Evaluation and Benchmarking team, Industrial Technology Institute, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA;

    Evaluation and Benchmarking team, Industrial Technology Institute, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA;

  • 收录信息 美国《科学引文索引》(SCI);美国《工程索引》(EI);
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
  • 中图分类 科学、科学研究;
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