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This study offers an application of a non-parametric analytic technique (data envelopment analysis, DEA) in measuring the financial performance of organizations. It explores the efficiency of automotive parts suppliers with the use of financial numbers and a number of financial efficiency ratios for the time period 2001–2003. The data envelopment analysis is supplemented by, and compared to the model that departs from most frontier studies of organization performance, by using these suggested ratios as output measures and with no use of input measure and both of models compared to, traditional financial ratio analysis which provides additional insight into the financial performance of organizations. It is shown that data envelopment analysis can be used as either an alternative or complement to ratio analysis for the evaluation of an organization’s performance. From the efficiency results we find that the higher the size of total assets the higher the efficiency. We also find the positive relationship between the efficiency and operating profit and return on assets (ROA) and we show there is the increase in efficiency of automotive parts suppliers during the time period 1380-1382.

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