Developing a new data envelopment analysis model for customer value analysis

Mahdi Mahdiloo, Abdollah Noorizadeh, Reza Farzipoor Saen*

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Abstract

This paper proposes an application of data envelopment analysis (DEA) to measure the value of customers. In order to distinguish between expectations and needs of profitable and unprofitable customers and to allocate marketing investments among them, customers are compared with each other and ranked in a customer value pyramid. To this end, we use a combination of the Banker, Charnes and Cooper (BCC) model [3], assurance region (AR) model, and cross-eficiency evaluation. A numerical example demonstrates the application of the proposed model in an Iranian manufacturing company.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)531-558
Number of pages28
JournalJournal of Industrial and Management Optimization
Volume7
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2011

Keywords

  • Analytic hierarchy process
  • Cross-eficiency
  • Customer value pyramid
  • Data envelopment analysis
  • Undesirable outputs
  • Weight restrictions

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Business and International Management
  • Strategy and Management
  • Control and Optimization
  • Applied Mathematics

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