Title: Modelling a decision-making network for sustainable manufacturing strategy

Authors: Lanndon A. Ocampo; Eppie E. Clark; Anthony S.F. Chiu; Raymond R. Tan

Addresses: Department of Industrial Engineering, Cebu Technological University, Corner M.J. Cuenco Ave. and R. Palma St. Cebu City, 6000 Cebu, Philippines ' Management and Organization Department, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, 0922 Manila, Philippines ' Industrial and Systems Engineering, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, Manila, Philippines; Institute of Innovation and Circular Economy, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan ' Department of Chemical Engineering, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, 0922 Manila, Philippines

Abstract: This paper develops an approach that explores the impact of stakeholders' interests in developing a sustainable manufacturing strategy. Manufacturing firms are faced with the challenge of integrating sustainability with the classical function of manufacturing. To integrate these two objectives is to take into consideration different stakeholders' interests as significant drivers toward sustainability. This work explores the significance of these interests in developing a manufacturing strategy using the proposed probabilistic fuzzy analytic network process. The method handles the complexity of the decision framework and judgment elicitation in pairwise comparisons is described using linguistic variables with equivalent triangular fuzzy numbers. Probability theory is then used to merge the judgments of multiple decision-makers. The method is useful for handling complexity and uncertainty in group decision-making. Results show the content of the sustainable manufacturing strategy. Insights and future works are also discussed.

Keywords: analytic network process; ANP; fuzzy set theory; FST; probabilistic; manufacturing strategy; sustainability.

DOI: 10.1504/PIE.2020.105197

Progress in Industrial Ecology, An International Journal, 2020 Vol.14 No.1, pp.58 - 88

Received: 22 Aug 2018
Accepted: 23 Aug 2019
Published online: 14 Feb 2020 *

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