Abstract
The adoption of a global index (GI) for performance evaluation has been increasingly recognized as a useful strategy for decision-making as it simplifies the interpretation and monitoring of the results. Because the GI is often built by adopting a combination of different procedures for normalization, weighting, and aggregation of indicators, it is challenging to select the optimal combination of procedures, since the countless combinations lead to different results. This paper proposes a method for the development of a robust and original GI for the evaluation of table grape production units (TGPUs). Various combinations of procedures were used to develop eighteen GIs for each TGPU. These are located in the lower-middle San Francisco valley in the northeast of Brazil, where their robustness was assessed by identifying outlier GIs and via a graphical analysis. Plausible GIs were reliably identified and a cluster analysis was conducted to categorize the TGPUs into groups considering each performance objective. The identification of the outlier GIs and the use of the plausible GIs in cluster formation constitute a new scientific approach to the topic, which can be extended to other applications and contribute to the sustainable development of several industries.
Highlights
Several previous studies have addressed the definition, development, and use of indicators for various objectives, such as performance evaluations, action planning, control of achievements, and positioning in relation to global and strategic objectives, in many areas [1]
Examples of global index (GI) used in multidimensional performance assessment include the human development index (HDI) and gross domestic product (GDP)
SUS = sustainability; ENV = environmental; SOC = social; AGR = agriculture; INO = innovation; AHP = analytic hierarchy process. This checklist was used as a guideline for this study, the first four of the ten suggestions will not be covered in this paper because they have already been addressed in our proposal for the development of performance indicators for production processes of Table Grape Production Units (TGPUs) [18]
Summary
Several previous studies have addressed the definition, development, and use of indicators for various objectives, such as performance evaluations, action planning, control of achievements, and positioning in relation to global and strategic objectives, in many areas [1]. They are known as considered a critical item in the table grape supply chain [14,15,16] They are known as packing packinghouses, houses,which whichare aresuitable suitablefacilities facilitiesthat thatreceive receivethe thegrapes grapesharvested harvestedininthe thefield field and perform the cleaning, classification, and packaging processes [17]. Processes [8,10,19], the robustness of the GIs has not been analyzed in this conThis gap in the scientific literature motivated this study: the development of a robust GI for text This gap in the scientific literature motivated this study: the development of a robust the performance evaluation of TGPUs. The method proposed in this research was verified.
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