Subrata Kumar Patra
Tilak Raj
B. B. Arora
Abstract
In order to cope-up with the mounting global business challenges and to comply with the environmental regulations, manufacturers are gradually shifting their focus towards sustainable manufacturing practices. Espousal of sustainable manufacturing technology and sustainable practices are the need of the hour. The current study is planned for the identification of various elements towards the development of Sustainable Manufacturing System (SMS). A combination of AHP (Analytic hierarchy process) and R3I (Relative Reliability Risk Index) methodology will be used for identifying vital manufacturing elements that would be able to develop SMS in a manufacturing setup. The present analysis is primarily based on literature review and expert opinion. The combined AHP and R3I analysis will help in ranking the identified elements based on their relative weightages. The analysis might provide a significant decision-making Input to the managers willing to work for the development of SMS.
Keywords- SMS; sustainable manufacturing system; SD; sustainable development; AHP; analytic hierarchy process; CSR; corporate social responsibility; issues; 3 elements; R I; relative reliability risk index; MCDM; multi criteria decision making; entropy method