Title: The most suitable scheme selection of mechanical product configuration based on multi-objective decision analysis

Authors: Bo Wei; Renwang Li; Gang Chen; Hui Zheng; Fuying Zhang

Addresses: Tianjin Key Laboratory of Integrated Design and On-line Monitoring for Light Industry & Food Machinery and Equipment, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, 300222, Tianjin, China ' School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, 310018, Hangzhou, China ' Tianjin Key Laboratory of Integrated Design and On-line Monitoring for Light Industry & Food Machinery and Equipment, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, 300222, Tianjin, China ' Tianjin Key Laboratory of Integrated Design and On-line Monitoring for Light Industry & Food Machinery and Equipment, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, 300222, Tianjin, China ' Tianjin Key Laboratory of Integrated Design and On-line Monitoring for Light Industry & Food Machinery and Equipment, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, 300222, Tianjin, China

Abstract: In the process of mechanical product configuration, if there is more than one feasible scheme, it is required to choose the one which is most consistent with the actual conditions of core enterprise. These actual conditions include cost, quality, delivery time and other factors that are related to the interests of the core enterprise. We propose to find the most suitable scheme from the feasible scheme set by using data envelopment analysis. By comparing the projected variable and the original data, we also know how much improvement can be achieved for a specific scheme. The above algorithm is verified and illustrated using a case study.

Keywords: carbon footprint; multi-objective decision-making; product configuration; data envelopment analysis; DEA.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCSM.2017.085735

International Journal of Computing Science and Mathematics, 2017 Vol.8 No.3, pp.238 - 248

Received: 02 Jul 2016
Accepted: 23 Feb 2017

Published online: 10 Aug 2017 *

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