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6 Conclusions and Further Research
The efficiency analysis of the production process is an important factor affecting
the competitiveness of enterprises, not only for financial reasons, exquisitely but
also ecological. Irrespective of the scope of conducting the efficiency analysis, the
environmental aspect is an inseparable element. In the environmental perspective
however issues of the production efficiency aren't based exclusively on economic
aspects and measures of appointing and assessing them. The Co-author described
possibilities of the evaluation and analysis of the economic efficiency in the pub-
lication (Kolinski 2013 ). Operational efficiency also forces the production process
into taking environmental aspects into account during technological and opera-
tional analysis. A good example can be mathematical models which can optimize
not only time and cost of using individual workstations (Kolinski and Kolinski
2013 ), but can also minimize generating product defects. The degree of concentra-
tion on environmental aspects is conditioned by a chosen corporate strategy or the
entire supply chain. The minimization of a negative impact on the environment
requires incurring substantial expenses which must be reflected in strategic objec-
tives transposed to operational and current objectives.
The complexity of conducting a complex efficiency analysis of the production
process in ecological aspect reveals a need to seek IT support. The present chap-
ter shows an idea of using information systems assisting management processes
in an enterprise and in a supply chain as well as computing simulation which is
aimed at analyzing all alternative solutions influencing the production process
efficiency. Elaborated concept enable to improve the decision making process in
business practice. The method presented in this chapter helps managers to take
the right decision about the implementation of sustainable production processes.
The main constraint of application of this method is the difficulty of implications
IT tools of operational efficiency. The direction of further research for the Authors
is carrying out a multi-criteria analysis of a production process with the use of
simulation tool.
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