Analyzing the Status of Sustainable Development in the Manufacturing Sector Using Multi-Expert Multi-Criteria Fuzzy Decision-Making and Integrated Triple Bottom Lines

Sepehr Hendiani, Huchang Liao, Morteza Bagherpour, Manuela Tvaronavičienė, Audrius Banaitis and Jurgita Antucheviciene
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Sepehr Hendiani: Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran 50727322, Iran
Huchang Liao: Business School, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
Morteza Bagherpour: Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran 50727322, Iran
Manuela Tvaronavičienė: Department of Business Technologies and Entrepreneurship, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, 10223 Vilnius, Lithuania
Audrius Banaitis: Department of Construction Management and Real Estate, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, 10223 Vilnius, Lithuania
Jurgita Antucheviciene: Department of Construction Management and Real Estate, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, 10223 Vilnius, Lithuania

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 11, 1-19

Abstract: A sustainable manufacturing company depends on the developments in three aspects in order to minimize harmful impacts on the environment, improve the social relations, and simultaneously maximize the economic benefits. Despite the increasing types of investigations that researchers have carried out in environmental and economic aspects, the minimum attention has been paid to social relations. In response to this deficiency, this paper proposes a new framework to obtain the overall sustainability index in manufacturing companies by encapsulating the sustainability criteria/sub-criteria. This article collected 33 sub-criteria for five pillars of sustainability as social, environment, economic, technological advancement, and performance management. The key contributions of this paper are highlighted as the hierarchical method that obtains the status of sustainability in uncertain conditions, the ability to identify the weak points, and a new framework for gathering the data about sustainability performance in manufacturing companies. The findings of this paper will aid both policymakers and decision-makers to assess the sustainability status of manufacturing systems and improve the performances of them.

Keywords: sustainability and lifestyles; manufacturing companies; MCDM; environmental sustainability; fuzzy decision making (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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