Combined DEMATEL technique with hybrid MCDM methods for creating the aspired intelligent global manufacturing & logistics systems

Gwo Hshiung Tzeng*, Chi Yo Huang

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The concept of globalization has been prosperous in the past decades while manufacturing as well as logistics have already become one of the most significant issues in the globalization era. However, while modern globalized firms are leveraging both global manufacturing resources as well as logistics systems for pursuing higher quality, lower cost as well as product differentiation, how to evaluate, selecting an appropriate global manufacturing strategy by considering issues from both aspects of global manufacturing as well as logistics has become one of the most critical and difficult issues. Moreover, how the chosen intertwined global manufacturing as well as logistics system is to be optimized so that the aspired level of the global manufacturing system can be achieved have few been addressed. Thus, this research aims to resolve the above mentioned global manufacturing and logistics strategy selection as well as system reconfiguration issue. A Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) technique based novel multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) method with Analytic Network Process (ANP), Grey Relational Analysis (GRA) as well as VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR) will be proposed for selecting and re-configuring the aspired global manufacturing and logistics system. An empirical study based on the global manufacturing and logistics system design of a semiconductor company will be provided for verifying the effectiveness of this proposed methodology.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)159-190
Number of pages32
JournalAnnals of Operations Research
Volume197
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012 Aug

Keywords

  • DEMATEL (Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory)
  • Global manufacturing
  • Logistics
  • MCDM (Multiple Criteria Decision Making)
  • Semiconductor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Decision Sciences
  • Management Science and Operations Research

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