Optimal selection of modular products in reconfigurable manufacturing systems using analytic hierarchy process Online publication date: Mon, 30-Jul-2018
by Kamal Kumar Mittal; Pramod Kumar Jain; Dinesh Kumar
International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management (IJLSM), Vol. 30, No. 4, 2018
Abstract: Reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS) are considered as a major resource of providing variable production capacities and capabilities by different manufacturing companies. To fulfil the market requirement variety of a modular product, manufactured in a reconfigurable manufacturing system, a methodology for optimal selection of modular products in reconfigurable manufacturing systems using analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is proposed. The analytic hierarchy process is a theory of measurement through pair-wise comparisons and relies on the decisions of experts to obtain priority scales. The comparisons are made using a scale of absolute judgments that shows how much better one component is than another with respect to a given attribute. AHP is also helpful in taking decision when both qualitative and quantitative attributes are in a system. A case study is given to understand the applicability of the proposed methodology on a given system.
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