PurposeThis paper aims to identify the pre-design critical success factors CSFs pertaining to dif... more PurposeThis paper aims to identify the pre-design critical success factors CSFs pertaining to different types of construction projects in the rapidly growing city of Dubai, by adopting one of the multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) tools, analytic hierarchy process (AHP).Design/methodology/approachA mapping process was utilized to filter and categorize CSFs gathered from a literature review. A total of 5 main and 27 sub-main criteria were derived following RIBA's Plan of Work 2020 (Royal Institute of British Architects). A questionnaire was distributed among experts in the construction industry to assess the development in vicinity of the Sheikh Zayed Road (SZR). An analysis was conducted to prioritize the CSFs as per experts' judgment.FindingsAccording to the experts' combined judgment, CSFs linked to client requirements (CR) are the most significant at 22.9% priority weight. Overall project review (OPR), project team (PT), project preparation (PP), previous projects ...
Purpose Existing supply chain (SC) performance models are not able to cope with the potential of ... more Purpose Existing supply chain (SC) performance models are not able to cope with the potential of intensive SC digitalisation and establish a relationship between decisions and decision criteria. The purpose of this paper is to develop an integrated knowledge-based system (KBS) that creates a link between decisions and decision criteria (attributes) and evaluates the overall SC performance. Design/methodology/approach The proposed KBS is grounded on the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (fuzzy AHP), which establishes a relationship between short-term and long-term decisions and SC performance criteria (short-term and long-term) for accurate and integrated Overall SC performance evaluation. Findings The proposed KBS evaluates the overall SC performance, establishes a relationship between decisions (long-term and short-term) and decision criteria of SC functions and provides decision makers with a view of the impact of their short-term or long-term decisions on overall SC performance. The proposed system was implemented in a case company where the authors were able to develop a SC performance monitoring dashboard for the company’s top managers and operational managers. Practical implications The proposed KBS assists organisations and decision makers in evaluating their overall SC performance and helps in identifying underperforming SC functions and their associated criteria. It may also be considered as a tool for benchmarking SC performance against competitors. It can efficiently point to improvement directions and help decision makers improve overall SC performance. Originality/value The proposed KBS provides a holistic and integrated approach, establishes a relationship between decisions and decision criteria and evaluates overall SC performance, which is one of the main limitations in existing supply chain performance measurement systems.
Globalization and environmental regulations force organizations and producers to adopt sustainabi... more Globalization and environmental regulations force organizations and producers to adopt sustainability in every aspect of their business. The concept of sustainability in manufacturing is now achieving maturity; however, there is still an opportunity to explore sustainability in perishable food items. The growth of population worldwide increased the amount of waste produced by the food industries. Enterprises worldwide use procedures to overcome the disposing of perishable waste into landfills, which has noticeable impacts on the environment and the business itself. However, these procedures may not be sufficient and lead to disturbance of the ecosystem. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to develop a framework to conduct experiments using Design of Experiment (DOE) to produce fertilizer using expired doughnuts from a well-known sweet bakery company in the United Arab Emirates. Firstly, we will develop a framework, implement waste management on perishable products such as doughnuts, and apply environmental, economic, and social development through recycling and composting it into fertilizers to be used for agriculture needs. Secondly, to study the impact of different parameters such as water, sand, doughnuts in different percentages on plant growth and survival. Results show that wasted doughnuts are suitable for fertilizer and the best plant due to interaction between all three factors: commercial fertilizer percentage, doughnuts percentage, and doughnuts size.
AHP applied to decision making of automotive industry supplier selection.Use of AHP in supplier s... more AHP applied to decision making of automotive industry supplier selection.Use of AHP in supplier selection gives decision maker confidence of consistency.Sensitivity analysis to check the robustness of the supplier selection decision.Proposed approach divides complex decision making into simpler hierarchy. PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to propose a decision support model for supplier selection based on analytic hierarchy process (AHP) using a case of automotive industry in a developing country of Pakistan and further performs sensitivity analysis to check the robustness of the supplier selection decision. MethodologyThe model starts by identifying the main criteria (price, quality, delivery and service) using literature review and ranking the main criteria based on experts' opinions using AHP. The second stage in the adopted methodology is the identification of sub criteria and ranking them on the basis of main criteria. Lastly perform sensitivity analysis to check the robustness of the decision using Expert Choiceź software. FindingsThe suppliers are selected and ranked based on sub criteria. Sensitivity analysis suggests the effects of changes in the main criteria on the suppliers ranking. The use of AHP in the supplier selection gives the decision maker the confidence of the consistency and the robustness throughout the process. Practical implicationsThe AHP methodology adopted in this study provides managers in automotive industry in Pakistan with the insights of the various factors that need to be considered while selecting suppliers for their organizations. The selected approach also aids them in prioritizing the criterion. Managers can utilize the hierarchical structure of adopted supplier selection methodology suggested in this study to rank the suppliers on the basis of various factors/criteria. Originality/valueThis study makes three novel contributions in supplier selection area. First, AHP is applied to automotive industry and use of AHP in the supplier selection gives decision maker the confidence of the consistency. Second, sensitivity analysis enables in understanding the effects of changes in the main criteria on the suppliers ranking and help decision maker to check the robustness throughout the process. Last, we find it important to come with a simple methodology for managers of automotive industry so that they can select the best suppliers. Moreover, this approach will also help managers in dividing the complex decision making problem into simpler hierarchy.
Warehouse performance evaluation is the measurement of efficient use of warehouse space, customer... more Warehouse performance evaluation is the measurement of efficient use of warehouse space, customer satisfaction level, quality of goods stored and transport, level of inventory and environmental friendly delivery. Managers and decision makers are keen to know very rapidly which decisions at what level need extra attention and have more impact on overall warehouse performance. In this paper, we propose a Fuzzy-AHP integrated approach that incorporates the linkage between the operational and strategic criteria to generate an overall warehouse performance measurement system. A numerical example illustrates the uses of the proposed model for Warehouse performance evaluation.
PurposeThis paper aims to identify the pre-design critical success factors CSFs pertaining to dif... more PurposeThis paper aims to identify the pre-design critical success factors CSFs pertaining to different types of construction projects in the rapidly growing city of Dubai, by adopting one of the multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) tools, analytic hierarchy process (AHP).Design/methodology/approachA mapping process was utilized to filter and categorize CSFs gathered from a literature review. A total of 5 main and 27 sub-main criteria were derived following RIBA's Plan of Work 2020 (Royal Institute of British Architects). A questionnaire was distributed among experts in the construction industry to assess the development in vicinity of the Sheikh Zayed Road (SZR). An analysis was conducted to prioritize the CSFs as per experts' judgment.FindingsAccording to the experts' combined judgment, CSFs linked to client requirements (CR) are the most significant at 22.9% priority weight. Overall project review (OPR), project team (PT), project preparation (PP), previous projects ...
Purpose Existing supply chain (SC) performance models are not able to cope with the potential of ... more Purpose Existing supply chain (SC) performance models are not able to cope with the potential of intensive SC digitalisation and establish a relationship between decisions and decision criteria. The purpose of this paper is to develop an integrated knowledge-based system (KBS) that creates a link between decisions and decision criteria (attributes) and evaluates the overall SC performance. Design/methodology/approach The proposed KBS is grounded on the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (fuzzy AHP), which establishes a relationship between short-term and long-term decisions and SC performance criteria (short-term and long-term) for accurate and integrated Overall SC performance evaluation. Findings The proposed KBS evaluates the overall SC performance, establishes a relationship between decisions (long-term and short-term) and decision criteria of SC functions and provides decision makers with a view of the impact of their short-term or long-term decisions on overall SC performance. The proposed system was implemented in a case company where the authors were able to develop a SC performance monitoring dashboard for the company’s top managers and operational managers. Practical implications The proposed KBS assists organisations and decision makers in evaluating their overall SC performance and helps in identifying underperforming SC functions and their associated criteria. It may also be considered as a tool for benchmarking SC performance against competitors. It can efficiently point to improvement directions and help decision makers improve overall SC performance. Originality/value The proposed KBS provides a holistic and integrated approach, establishes a relationship between decisions and decision criteria and evaluates overall SC performance, which is one of the main limitations in existing supply chain performance measurement systems.
Globalization and environmental regulations force organizations and producers to adopt sustainabi... more Globalization and environmental regulations force organizations and producers to adopt sustainability in every aspect of their business. The concept of sustainability in manufacturing is now achieving maturity; however, there is still an opportunity to explore sustainability in perishable food items. The growth of population worldwide increased the amount of waste produced by the food industries. Enterprises worldwide use procedures to overcome the disposing of perishable waste into landfills, which has noticeable impacts on the environment and the business itself. However, these procedures may not be sufficient and lead to disturbance of the ecosystem. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to develop a framework to conduct experiments using Design of Experiment (DOE) to produce fertilizer using expired doughnuts from a well-known sweet bakery company in the United Arab Emirates. Firstly, we will develop a framework, implement waste management on perishable products such as doughnuts, and apply environmental, economic, and social development through recycling and composting it into fertilizers to be used for agriculture needs. Secondly, to study the impact of different parameters such as water, sand, doughnuts in different percentages on plant growth and survival. Results show that wasted doughnuts are suitable for fertilizer and the best plant due to interaction between all three factors: commercial fertilizer percentage, doughnuts percentage, and doughnuts size.
AHP applied to decision making of automotive industry supplier selection.Use of AHP in supplier s... more AHP applied to decision making of automotive industry supplier selection.Use of AHP in supplier selection gives decision maker confidence of consistency.Sensitivity analysis to check the robustness of the supplier selection decision.Proposed approach divides complex decision making into simpler hierarchy. PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to propose a decision support model for supplier selection based on analytic hierarchy process (AHP) using a case of automotive industry in a developing country of Pakistan and further performs sensitivity analysis to check the robustness of the supplier selection decision. MethodologyThe model starts by identifying the main criteria (price, quality, delivery and service) using literature review and ranking the main criteria based on experts' opinions using AHP. The second stage in the adopted methodology is the identification of sub criteria and ranking them on the basis of main criteria. Lastly perform sensitivity analysis to check the robustness of the decision using Expert Choiceź software. FindingsThe suppliers are selected and ranked based on sub criteria. Sensitivity analysis suggests the effects of changes in the main criteria on the suppliers ranking. The use of AHP in the supplier selection gives the decision maker the confidence of the consistency and the robustness throughout the process. Practical implicationsThe AHP methodology adopted in this study provides managers in automotive industry in Pakistan with the insights of the various factors that need to be considered while selecting suppliers for their organizations. The selected approach also aids them in prioritizing the criterion. Managers can utilize the hierarchical structure of adopted supplier selection methodology suggested in this study to rank the suppliers on the basis of various factors/criteria. Originality/valueThis study makes three novel contributions in supplier selection area. First, AHP is applied to automotive industry and use of AHP in the supplier selection gives decision maker the confidence of the consistency. Second, sensitivity analysis enables in understanding the effects of changes in the main criteria on the suppliers ranking and help decision maker to check the robustness throughout the process. Last, we find it important to come with a simple methodology for managers of automotive industry so that they can select the best suppliers. Moreover, this approach will also help managers in dividing the complex decision making problem into simpler hierarchy.
Warehouse performance evaluation is the measurement of efficient use of warehouse space, customer... more Warehouse performance evaluation is the measurement of efficient use of warehouse space, customer satisfaction level, quality of goods stored and transport, level of inventory and environmental friendly delivery. Managers and decision makers are keen to know very rapidly which decisions at what level need extra attention and have more impact on overall warehouse performance. In this paper, we propose a Fuzzy-AHP integrated approach that incorporates the linkage between the operational and strategic criteria to generate an overall warehouse performance measurement system. A numerical example illustrates the uses of the proposed model for Warehouse performance evaluation.
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