Purpose: The objective of the study is to identify and analyse drivers of smart manufacturing using integrated grey-based approaches. The analysis facilitates industry practitioners in the identification of preference of drivers through which smart manufacturing can be implemented. These...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report a study on the application of interpretative structural modelling (ISM) integrated with multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) techniques for enabling the sustainability supplier selection. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, two approaches of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report a study in which analytical network process (ANP) was used for selecting the best concept from sustainability view point. Design/methodology/approach – The concept selection in the sustainability viewpoint is a typical multi-criteria...

Purpose Agility and sustainability are different manufacturing paradigms. Ideally, companies should merge the two concepts so as to enhance competitive advantage. Agility, which has evolved from lean manufacturing, is the ability of an enterprise to respond quickly to a wide range of customer...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to report the application of failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) to an automotive leaf spring manufacturing organization. Design/methodology/approach – FMEA has been used as a decision‐making tool to prioritize the corrective actions so as to...