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  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
9,907 Views
38 Pages

6 August 2024

Our study investigates the relevance and application of key performance indicators (KPIs) and key risk indicators (KRIs) in business management from 1992 to 2023 through a comprehensive bibliometric analysis performed in RStudio using the Bibliometri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,183 Views
13 Pages

26 August 2024

Key–value stores (KV stores) are becoming popular in both academia and industry due to their high performance and simplicity in data management. Unlike traditional database systems such as relational databases, KV stores manage data in key&ndas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
6,669 Views
11 Pages

Background: Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) serve a vital role in facilitating the exchange of scientific knowledge between pharmaceutical companies and health care professionals (HCPs), including pharmacists, ensuring the dissemination of accurate,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
13,498 Views
11 Pages

Since the introduction of containerization in 1956, its growth has led to a corresponding growth in the role of container seaborne traffic in world trade. To respond to such growth, requirements for setting up the common standards in various kinds of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,579 Views
16 Pages

9 October 2020

University performance has an important effect on the social influence of universities. With increasing emphasis placed on higher education, it is important to improve and optimize university performance management. However, the performance of univer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,099 Views
15 Pages

Development of Key Performance Indicators for Measuring the Management Performance of Small Construction Firms in Korea

  • Doyeong Kim,
  • Wongyun Oh,
  • Jiyeong Yun,
  • Jongyoung Youn,
  • Sunglok Do and
  • Donghoon Lee

30 May 2021

Large construction firms execute management control in preparation for a fast-paced business environment, but small ones are unable to do so. This is because there is no management control model tailored to them. The current study derived Management...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,029 Views
16 Pages

Definition of Key Performance Indicators for Noise Monitoring Networks

  • Matteo Bolognese,
  • Stefano Carpita,
  • Luca Fredianelli and
  • Gaetano Licitra

The European Noise Directive fixed a well-defined schedule on a five-year basis for the noise exposure evaluation of citizens. Noise monitoring is needed to validate noise maps of the main transportation infrastructures and it can also represent an i...

  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,200 Views
24 Pages

Ultra-Dense Networks: Taxonomy and Key Performance Indicators

  • Viktor Stoynov,
  • Vladimir Poulkov,
  • Zlatka Valkova-Jarvis,
  • Georgi Iliev and
  • Pavlina Koleva

20 December 2022

One major influence on the future deployment of cellular networks will be a continuous increase in traffic inside mobile broadband systems. Moreover, traditional macrocell-based mobile communication networks will struggle to keep up with the enormous...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,982 Views
31 Pages

Module-Lattice-Based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism Performance Measurements

  • Naya Nagy,
  • Sarah Alnemer,
  • Lama Mohammed Alshuhail,
  • Haifa Alobiad,
  • Tala Almulla,
  • Fatima Ahmed Alrumaihi,
  • Najd Ghadra and
  • Marius Nagy

1 July 2025

Key exchange mechanisms are foundational to secure communication, yet traditional methods face challenges from quantum computing. The Module-Lattice-Based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism (ML-KEM) is a post-quantum cryptographic key exchange protocol with...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,684 Views
19 Pages

Key Performance Indicators for Smart Energy Systems in Sustainable Universities

  • Claudiu Vasile Kifor,
  • Alexandru Olteanu and
  • Mihai Zerbes

23 January 2023

Sustainable campus management includes energy-saving measures and waste reduction and has become important to many universities, being part of the institution’s societal responsibility. Smart energy systems (SESs), as part of campus energy mana...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,540 Views
17 Pages

30 January 2020

Key performance indicators (KPIs) are commonly used in the wind industry to support decision-making and to prioritize the work throughout a wind turbine portfolio. Still, there is little knowledge of the uncertainties of KPIs. This article intends to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,866 Views
23 Pages

Identification of Key Performance Indicators for T20—A Novel Hybrid Analytical Approach

  • Rucia V. November,
  • Haiyan Cai,
  • Mogammad Sharhidd Taliep,
  • Clement Nyirenda and
  • Lloyd L. Leach

9 June 2025

Cricket is a dynamic sport, making the selection of key performance indicators (KPIs) challenging. Objective: The study aims to identify KPIs in Twenty-20 (T20) cricket affecting match outcomes. Methods: Cricket performance data was analysed from thr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
93 Citations
18,833 Views
19 Pages

New Key Performance Indicators for a Smart Sustainable City

  • Minako Hara,
  • Tomomi Nagao,
  • Shinsuke Hannoe and
  • Jiro Nakamura

We propose key performance indicators (KPIs) based on the Gross Social Feel-Good Index to evaluate a smart sustainable city and report the results of a field trial in a city located almost at the center of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. We developed KP...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
11,960 Views
27 Pages

Modelling Key Performance Indicators in a Gamified Waste Management Tool

  • Georgios Pappas,
  • Iliana Papamichael,
  • Antonis Zorpas,
  • Joshua E. Siegel,
  • Jacob Rutkowski and
  • Konstantinos Politopoulos

24 December 2021

Broader understanding of waste management has the potential to bring about broad societal change impacting the climate crisis and public health. We present existing waste management tools and commercially-available games involving waste management, h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
196 Citations
64,101 Views
19 Pages

17 October 2019

The role of sustainability dimensions in the value creation process has attracted considerable interest in the scientific academic world in the last two decades. The 2030 Agenda, which fixed the sustainable goals (SDGs) to safeguard our planet, highl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,782 Views
21 Pages

14 February 2024

As a crucial component of rotor systems, tension and torsion (TT) straps, recognized for their compact structure, have been adopted in advanced helicopters such as the SB > 1, EC145, and Mi-26. This paper presents an analytical investigation and e...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
8,003 Views
35 Pages

Key Performance Indicators for Food Supply Chain: A Bibliometric and Systematic Literature Review

  • Eleonora Bottani,
  • Letizia Tebaldi,
  • Giorgia Casella and
  • Cristina Mora

1 April 2025

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are rates, percentages, or averages that convey information depending on their application field. In the Food Supply Chain (FSC), a comprehensive study is lacking. This paper fills the gap through a systematic litera...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
14,997 Views
20 Pages

Review of Key Performance Indicators for Process Monitoring in the Mining Industry

  • Paulina Gackowiec,
  • Marta Podobińska-Staniec,
  • Edyta Brzychczy,
  • Christopher Kühlbach and
  • Toyga Özver

4 October 2020

The sustainable development of an organisation requires a holistic approach to the evaluation of an enterprise’s goals and activities. The essential means enabling an organisation to achieve goals are business processes. Properly managed, busin...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,290 Views
12 Pages

Beamforming Evaluation of 5G User Equipment through Novel Key Performance Indicators

  • Miguel Á. García-Fernández and
  • David A. Sánchez-Hernández

Several standards exist for testing the radiated “over the air” (OTA) performance of 5G User Equipment (UE) devices. All these standards are limited to a Single-Input Single-Output (SISO) evaluation of the 5G device. With 5G networks and devices alre...

  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,554 Views
17 Pages

3 November 2022

Energy use and relative CO2 emissions drive climate change that affects both the environment and human health. Extreme events caused by climate change, such as heat waves, flooding, and droughts are increasingly frequent and dangerous and the quality...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,341 Views
17 Pages

On the Use of Machine Learning and Key Performance Indicators for Urban Planning and Design

  • Majsa Ammouriova,
  • Veronika Tsertsvadze,
  • Angel A. Juan,
  • Trinidad Fernandez and
  • Leon Kapetas

17 October 2024

Global efforts to achieve climate neutrality increasingly rely on innovative urban planning and design strategies. This study focuses on the identification and application of key performance indicators (KPIs) to support policymakers and local authori...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
615 Views
10 Pages

28 October 2025

This study presents a novel method for the rapid identification of key performance indicators (KPIs) from measured riding data of a Ducati Panigale V2 motorcycle, aimed at enhancing racing performance through a deeper understanding of rider-vehicle i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
14,617 Views
20 Pages

25 December 2020

The aim of the paper is to identify a set of the key performance indicators (KPIs) in order to provide managers and employees from the healthcare system with recommendations for evaluating, monitoring, and controlling the critical factors that influe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,649 Views
14 Pages

Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to Measure Effectiveness of Lean Construction in Indonesian Project

  • Arviga Bigwanto,
  • Naniek Widayati,
  • Mochamad Agung Wibowo and
  • Endah Murtiana Sari

28 July 2024

The implementation of lean construction is very important in the construction industry to reduce waste and increase productivity. To ensure its effective implementation, clear and measurable Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are necessary. Therefore,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
54 Citations
38,543 Views
19 Pages

Identification of Key Performance Indicators in Project-Based Organisations through the Lean Approach

  • Carolina Cruz Villazón,
  • Leonardo Sastoque Pinilla,
  • José Ramón Otegi Olaso,
  • Nerea Toledo Gandarias and
  • Norberto López de Lacalle

24 July 2020

For the time being, companies and organisations are being forced to compete in utterly complex and globalised environments, facing massive natural, economic, and technological challenges on a daily basis. Addressing these challenges would be impossib...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,380 Views
17 Pages

Objectives: This study aims to develop performance indicators for service robotics in senior community-based environments and analyze their impact on independent living and quality of life for older adults. Methods: To achieve this, a sequential expl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,821 Views
26 Pages

Geometric Modification of Piano Key Weirs to Enhance Hydraulic Performance and Discharge Capacity

  • James Yang,
  • Shicheng Li,
  • Anna Helgesson,
  • Erik Skepparkrans and
  • Anders Ansell

29 November 2023

The piano key (PK) weir is a cost-effective structure for flood discharge. Its typical layout comprises a rectangularly cranked crest in planform with up- and downstream overhangs. With the intention to enhance its hydraulic efficiency, the conventio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
10,629 Views
16 Pages

Academics’ Perceptions on Quality in Higher Education Shaping Key Performance Indicators

  • Emmanouil Varouchas,
  • Miguel-Ángel Sicilia and
  • Salvador Sánchez-Alonso

13 December 2018

Institutions in higher education (HE) continuously strive to develop and deliver impactful educational programs. At the same time, they should continue to fulfill their mission to educate students in basic applied subjects and in parallel respond to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,602 Views
21 Pages

This paper analyzes the environmental performance, spatial and temporal characteristics, and optimization paths of key polluting industries, represented here by the power industry, using the super-efficient MinDS model. The study shows that the envir...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
19,738 Views
15 Pages

14 December 2023

This article conceptualises the link between firms’ value chains and distribution networks and the requirements for double-materiality assessments in contemporary reporting regulations worldwide. The new European Sustainability Reporting Standa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,121 Views
32 Pages

Assessment of Environmental Management Performance in Wineries: A Survey-Based Analysis to Create Key Performance Indicators

  • Jesús López-Santiago,
  • Amelia Md Som,
  • Luis Ruiz-Garcia,
  • Sergio Zubelzu Mínguez and
  • María Teresa Gómez Villarino

This study assesses the adoption and operational effectiveness of Environmental Management Systems (EMSs) in Italian wineries, focusing on ISO 14001:2015. It evaluates commitment, planning, communication strategies, emergency preparedness, and employ...

  • Review
  • Open Access
75 Citations
11,272 Views
37 Pages

2 September 2022

Today, sustainability represents a fundamental concept to be developed and implemented in any industrial context. Therefore, it is essential to be able to measure sustainability performance by proper indicators, along the entire lifecycle and the val...

  • Article
  • Open Access
66 Citations
12,270 Views
17 Pages

Performance analysis is an important way for hospitals to achieve higher efficiency and effectiveness in providing services to their customers. The performance of the healthcare system can be measured by many indicators, but it is difficult to improv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,869 Views
20 Pages

24 December 2022

This paper discusses and integrates the concept of complexity in the industrial performance measurement and management systems (PMM) theory, providing a comprehensive overview of the different methodologies used within the decision systems research a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,707 Views
20 Pages

21 February 2020

Released green building evaluation standards for operation stage include a huge number of indicators, which are very comprehensive and systematic. However, the indicators of these standards are very complicated and a large amount of time and manpower...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,006 Views
13 Pages

The “Unreasonable” Effectiveness of the Wasserstein Distance in Analyzing Key Performance Indicators of a Network of Stores

  • Andrea Ponti,
  • Ilaria Giordani,
  • Matteo Mistri,
  • Antonio Candelieri and
  • Francesco Archetti

Large retail companies routinely gather huge amounts of customer data, which are to be analyzed at a low granularity. To enable this analysis, several Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), acquired for each customer through different channels are associ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
19,013 Views
16 Pages

12 August 2024

In the context of highly competitive markets, organizations face dynamic challenges, requiring effective solutions to maintain and enhance their competitive standing. Performance measurement, supported by advanced information systems, is critical for...

  • Review
  • Open Access
534 Views
36 Pages

Key Performance Indicators for Sustainable Supply Chain Management in SMEs: A Bibliometric Review

  • Wipada Sompong,
  • Siwarit Pongsakornrungsilp,
  • Pimlapas Pongsakornrungsilp,
  • Chukiat Siriwong,
  • Vikas Kumar and
  • Shishank Shishank

9 February 2026

Background: This study presents a bibliometric analysis of key performance indicators (KPIs) for sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Despite growing academic attention, particularly after 2020, im...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,090 Views
16 Pages

A Machine Learning Approach to Investigating Key Performance Factors in 5G Standalone Networks

  • Yedil Nurakhov,
  • Aksultan Mukhanbet,
  • Serik Aibagarov and
  • Timur Imankulov

26 September 2025

Traditional machine learning approaches for 5G network management relieve data from operational networks, which are often noisy and confounded, making it difficult to identify key influencing factors. This research addresses the critical gap between...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
8,335 Views
20 Pages

14 December 2021

In the last few decades, the fast technological development has caused high competitiveness among companies, encouraging a pursuit for strategies that allow them to gain competitive advantage, such as the monitoring of performance by using key perfor...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,595 Views
23 Pages

31 August 2024

In the context of the demand for mass customization of products, a trade-off between highly efficient automated systems and flexible manual operators is sought. The linear arrangement of workstations made it possible to divide the process into many s...

  • Review
  • Open Access
869 Views
21 Pages

18 December 2025

The concept of sustainability in the supermarket sector has emerged as a strategic priority, as companies are required to reduce their environmental footprint and enhance their social and economic performance. The aim of this literature review is to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,307 Views
17 Pages

Weighting Key Performance Indicators of Smart Local Energy Systems: A Discrete Choice Experiment

  • Christina Francis,
  • Paul Hansen,
  • Bjarnhéðinn Guðlaugsson,
  • David M. Ingram and
  • R. Camilla Thomson

8 December 2022

The development of Smart Local Energy Systems (SLES) in the UK is part of the energy transition tackling the energy trilemma and contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Project developers and other stakeholders need to ind...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
7,246 Views
27 Pages

10 January 2022

The use of digital technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT) and smart meters induces a huge data stack in facility management (FM). However, the use of data analysis techniques has remained limited to converting available data into information w...

  • Review
  • Open Access
113 Citations
20,932 Views
31 Pages

The Impact of Industry 4.0 Technologies on Key Performance Indicators for a Resilient Supply Chain 4.0

  • Catherine Marinagi,
  • Panagiotis Reklitis,
  • Panagiotis Trivellas and
  • Damianos Sakas

15 March 2023

The term “Resilient Supply Chain 4.0” incorporates two research areas: Industry 4.0 and Supply Chain Resilience (SCRes). Industry 4.0 technologies include innovations such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), Aug...

  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
15,628 Views
22 Pages

Implementing and Visualizing ISO 22400 Key Performance Indicators for Monitoring Discrete Manufacturing Systems

  • Borja Ramis Ferrer,
  • Usman Muhammad,
  • Wael M. Mohammed and
  • José L. Martínez Lastra

1 September 2018

The employment of tools and techniques for monitoring and supervising the performance of industrial systems has become essential for enterprises that seek to be more competitive in today’s market. The main reason is the need for validating task...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
7,176 Views
18 Pages

Performance analysis is of great significance to increase the operational efficiency of healthcare organizations. Healthcare performance is influenced by numerous indicators, but it is unrealistic for administrators to improve all of them due to the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
39 Citations
5,734 Views
19 Pages

A Review of Key Performance Indicators for Building Flexibility Quantification to Support the Clean Energy Transition

  • Girolama Airò Farulla,
  • Giovanni Tumminia,
  • Francesco Sergi,
  • Davide Aloisio,
  • Maurizio Cellura,
  • Vincenzo Antonucci and
  • Marco Ferraro

9 September 2021

The transition to a sustainable society and a carbon-neutral economy by 2050 requires extensive deployment of renewable energy sources that, due to the aleatority and non-programmability of most of them, may seriously affect the stability of existing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
21,886 Views
24 Pages

1 October 2018

Environmental regulations and sustainable developments are forcing industries to assess, optimize and improve their processes to minimize costs and increase the efficiency of industrial sustainability dimension. This effect is more evident in the foo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,053 Views
22 Pages

Key Performance Indicators for Decision Support in Building Retrofit Planning: An Italian Case Study

  • Ilaria Abbà,
  • Giulia Crespi,
  • Giulia Vergerio,
  • Cristina Becchio and
  • Stefano Paolo Corgnati

24 January 2024

To achieve climate and energy goals in the building sector, the current pace of renovating existing structures must double, overcoming prevailing barriers. Key Performance Indicators play a pivotal role in science-based decision making, emphasizing b...

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