Plant location selection invariably has a significant impact on the performance of many companies or manufacturing systems. In this paper, a novel methodology is structured to solve this problem. The two decision making methods, namely AHP and VIKOR, are integrated in order to make the best use of information available, either implicitly or explicitly. In addition, the Delphi method is utilized...

Abstract The intensification of the competitive environment between financial and credit institutions and the provision of new financial services in order to retain and attract customers, has made the use of more efficient electronic banking tools an inevitable necessity. Therefore, the present study intends to rank banks in terms of the efficiency of electronic services. In order to achi...

Purpose The purpose of this research is to identify major barriers the implementation reverse logistics (RL). Also, study addresses best practices among reuse, remanufacture, recycling, refurbishment and repair as alternatives for RL processes. Design/methodology/approach This targets supply chain management experts their opinions regarding identification critical implementation. Their were ext...

In this paper, a solar site selection problem motivated by real-world case study to determine sustainable locations for establishing sites in the east of Iran is addressed. For purpose, hybrid multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach proposed that adopts best-worst method (BWM) weight criteria and sub-criteria extracted from literature applies grey relational analysis (GRA) VIKOR rank pot...

The central purpose of this study is to propose a set key performance indicators (KPIs) measure the construction small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that have been ignored in management literature so far. Secondly, aims determine most crucial KPIs by using fuzzy VIKOR method improve cost-effectiveness measurement SMEs. At first stage study, proposed existing studies were identified via survey. ...

The selection of the most appropriate underground mining technology is not a simple process because it involves handling large amount information about several potential methods. Multicriteria optimization approaches are proven useful tools for ranking alternatives, especially in cases where multiple complex criteria have to be considered simultaneously. An ore deposit system its geology, physi...