The Application of Fuzzy Performance Modelling Procedures in Extended Enterprise Performance Measurement

Abstract

The concept of performance, as it is measured and evaluated, is undergoing a transformation in modern business organisations, so that partnering companies who form enterprise networks that work together across the value chain, can apply evolving performance measurement structures that more accurately capture value chain realities. In this chapter an Extended Enterprise (EE) performance measurement system that can theoretically present models, measures and data from all aspects of the participating companies’ functions in an EE is presented; together with the innovative development of a fuzzy-based performance modelling method, which acts as a supplement to the original procedural measurement framework, enabling the development of a system of performance measurement that is of greater relevance to both intra-organisational and inter-organisational levels, and which goes beyond current efforts to achieve greater reliability in the selection and implementation of performance measures.