A Comprehensive Fuzzy Decision-Making Method for Minimizing Completion Time in Manufacturing Process in Supply Chains

Fahad Kh. A.O.H. Alazemi, Mohd Khairol Anuar Bin Mohd Ariffin, Faizal Bin Mustapha and Eris Elianddy bin Supeni
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Fahad Kh. A.O.H. Alazemi: Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia
Mohd Khairol Anuar Bin Mohd Ariffin: Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia
Faizal Bin Mustapha: Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia
Eris Elianddy bin Supeni: Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia

Mathematics, 2021, vol. 9, issue 22, 1-39

Abstract: In manufacturing firms, there are many factors that can affect product completion time in production lines. However, in a real production environment, such factors are uncertain and increase the adverse effects on product completion time. This research focuses on the role of internal factors in small- and medium-scale supply chains in developing countries, enhancing product completion time during the manufacturing process in fuzzy conditions. In the first step of this research, a list of factors was found clustered into six main groups: technology, human resources, machinery, material, facility design, and social factors. In the next step, fuzzy weights of each group factor were determined by a fuzzy inference system to reflect the uncertainty of the factors in utilizing product completion time. Then, a hybrid fuzzy–TOPSIS-based heuristic is proposed to generate and select the best production alternative. The outcomes showed that the proposed method could generate and select the alternative with a 10.13% lower product completion time. The findings also indicated that using the proposed fuzzy method will cause less minimum variance compared to the crisp mode.

Keywords: supply chain management; uncertainty; hybrid fuzzy–TOPSIS heuristic; product completion time (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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