Document Type : Research Paper
Abstract
To remain in the current competitive world as a manufacturing
company, it is vital to use Advanced Manufacturing Systems (AMSs).
AMS selection is now considered a strategic decision for
organizations, due to the effects it has on their future activities. The
process of decision-making involves some complexities which are not
only caused by the varied quantitative and qualitative factors involved,
but also due to the conflictions between these factors, and the diverse
views of stakeholders. Thus, In order to choose AMS type, it is
necessary to take into account both the effective factors and the
stakeholders' viewpoints; and finally, the most suitable system should
be recognized by the management, considering the limitations of the
company’s resources. To date, different approaches have been
developed for AMS evaluation and selection, with their own
advantages and disadvantages - some of them ignoring the qualitative
factors and others being time consuming, for instance. This paper
combines the AHP method with zero-one goal programming
technique, enabling decision - makers to encompass diverse views of
stakeholders, and at the same time assess the conflicting factors. The
proposed method has been applied to a real world situation to further
prove that this combined method can prepare more key information to
decision-makers than the rest of the available technology-evaluating
methods.
Keywords
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