Manufacturing applications of the VIKOR approach: A scoping review

VIKOR is a selecting and sorting technique for addressing problems optimising multi-criteria decision making in complex systems. This study sought the relevant literature to categorise, analyse, discuss content extent of existing studies that used method applications manufacturing. The examined 84 published throughout 2018–2020. were categorised by publication dates, author(s) name, techniques methods, weighting method, comparison description results (comparing given others), testing applicability, journal-title. Analyses revealed approximately 35 involving related its strategic use manufacturing decisions applications. In 2019, was represented more than any other field among all papers, Sustainability VIKOR-related articles journal. Interestingly, integrated fuzzy methods traditional method. Furthermore, review show flexible enough be continuously improved integrating it with new decision-making methods. can guide researchers practitioners applying various fields.