Design and selection process of Production Business Management System using AHP Approach

Abstract

A number of current production sectors are striving hard to introduce innovative long-term strategies into their operations. As a result, many scholarly studies have found it fruitful to investigate advanced production strategies such as agile, computer-integrated, and cellular production. Through the example of downstream cases, production sectors have learned that financial benefits garnered through automated technologies cannot be counted on as a sole measure to ensure their success in today’s competitive and fluctuating marketplaces. The objective of this study is to integrate those advanced techniques with sustainable operations, to promote advanced sustainable production so those production sectors can thrive even in uncertain markets. To establish this connection, this study analyzes the drivers of advanced sustainable production through a proposed framework validated through a case study in India. Common drivers are collected from the literature, calibrated with opinions from experts, and analyzed through an analytical hierarchy process (AHP), which is a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) approach. This study reveals that quality is the primary driver that pressures production sectors to adopt advanced sustainable production. Manufacturers can easily note the top ranked driver and adopt it to soundly implement advanced sustainable production. In addition, some key future scopes are explored along with possible recommendations for effective implementation of advanced sustainable production systems.