Prioritizing Indicators for Sustainability Assessment in Manufacturing Process: An Integrated Approach

Sustainability

Vikas Swarnakar¹  Amit Raj Singh¹  Anil Kr Tiwari¹  Jiju Antony²  Raja Jayaraman²  Elizabeth Cudney³  Rajeev Rathi⁴ 

[1] Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Raipur, Raipur 492010, India;Industrial and Systems Engineering, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi 127788, United Arab Emirates;John E. Simon School of Business, Maryville University, St. Louis, MO 492010, USA;School of Mechanical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144411, India;

关键词: sustainable manufacturing;    sustainability indicators;    triple bottom line indicator selection;    Delphi study;    best-worst scaling;    multi-criteria decision analysis;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su14063264

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Sustainable manufacturing has renewed attention among researchers to address various sustainability challenges in manufacturing industries. Sustainability assessments of manufacturing organizations help minimize the negative environmental impact and enhance reputation among public and regulatory agencies. To assess the sustainability of the manufacturing process; it is indispensable to investigate the structured set of triple bottom line (3BL) indicators. Moreover, there is no comprehensive and structured set of 3BL indicators that can effectively assess the sustainability of any organization’s manufacturing process. This research aims to identify and prioritize experts’ consensus structured set of 3BL indicators. The 3BL indicators were identified through an open-ended questionnaire. The prioritization was performed through the Best-Worst Scaling (BWS) approach. Further, Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) method was utilized to draw the consensus ranking of sustainability indicators in manufacturing. The findings indicated that the release of greenhouse/harmful gas is the best indicator in the perspective of environmental criteria followed by the rate of contribution to society and operational cost are the most important critical indicator in the case of social and economic sustainability criteria. The outcome of the present study will facilitate researchers and practitioners in developing suitable readiness and operational plans for the sustainability assessment of the manufacturing process.

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