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Analyzing the Impact of Inventory Management Performance on the Energy Efficiency in Korean Petrochemical Companies

재고관리성과가 에너지효율성에 미치는 영향에 대한 실증분석 : 국내 석유화학 기업을 대상으로

  • Kim, Gilwhan (Faculty of Business Administration, Keimyung University) ;
  • Lee, Jiwoong (Division of Economics, Pukyong National University)
  • Received : 2017.03.30
  • Accepted : 2017.09.14
  • Published : 2017.09.30

Abstract

This study empirically analyzes the impact of inventory management performance on the energy efficiency in Korean petrochemical companies. The concept of the distance function is used to define the energy efficiency and the estimation of the distance function is performed using the stochastic frontier analysis. The inventory turnover is selected as the variable indicating the inventory management performance of the company. The main results of this study are as follows. First, the inventory turnover has a positive impact on energy efficiency. Second, during the period over 2011~2015, while the gap in energy efficiency among the companies expanded, the average energy efficiency decreased. Third, the average energy efficiency in upstream process companies was greater than downstream process companies and the gap in energy efficiency among downstream process companies was greater than upstream process companies. Fourth, the average marginal effect of inventory turnover on energy efficiency increased gradually from 2011 to 2015. Finally, the average marginal effect of inventory turnover in downstream process companies was greater than upstream process companies, and the gap in the marginal effect of inventory turnover among downstream process companies was greater than upstream process companies. These results together imply the importance of inventory management in terms of energy efficiency.

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