THE PMPA/MPI STATISTICS AND BENCHMARKING PROJECT: A FOUR-YEAR PERSPECTIVE

摘要

In 2000, the Powder Metallurgy Parts Association (PMPA) and WPI's Metal Processing Institute (MPI) began a data collection collaboration designed to develop a longitudinal data set of sales, expenses, and operational measures for P/M part producers. These statistics are collected through a double blind technique and distributed to participants with diagnostics and rankings for each company. However, these results are also of general interest for the industry since they can identify areas for collaboration to improve supply chain efficiency. The purpose of this paper is to discuss key performance trends identified over the last four years, with specific emphasis on suggestions for using the data to improve performance and to identify areas where upstream or downstream collaboration may result in mutually beneficial strategies.