Compromise ranking approach for sustainable concept selection in an Indian modular switches manufacturing organization

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 9-12, 2013, Pages 1709-1714

  Vinodh, S ^a   Kamala, V ^a   Shama, M S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Concept selection; Fuzzy logic; Life cycle assessment; Multi criteria decision making; Sustainability; VIKOR

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE MARKETS; CONCEPT SELECTION; ECO-FRIENDLY PRODUCTS; IDEAL SOLUTIONS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATIONS; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY; RANKING APPROACH; RANKING METHODS; SOCIAL DIMENSIONS; THEORY OF INVENTIVE PROBLEM SOLVING; VIKOR;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; FUZZY LOGIC; LIFE CYCLE; MANUFACTURE; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84874317815     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-012-4134-z     Document Type: Article

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