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Reverse logistics and closed-loop supply chain: A comprehensive review to explore the future

In this Chapter, we imagine a decision maker (or a group of experts) trying to establish or examine fair procedures to combine opinions about alternatives related to different points of view.

Multiple criteria decision making

Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) methods have evolved to accommodate various types of applications. Dozens of methods have been developed, with even small variations to existing methods causing the creation of new branches of research. This paper performs a literature review of common Multi-Criteria Decision Making methods, examines the advantages and disadvantages of the identified methods, and explains how their common applications relate to their relative strengths and weaknesses. The analysis of MCDM methods performed in this paper provides a clear guide for how MCDM methods should be used in particular situations.

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An Analysis of Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods

Environmentally conscious manufacturing and product recovery (ECMPRO): A review of the state of the art

First- and second-generation sequencing technologies have led the way in revolutionizing the field of genomics and beyond, motivating an astonishing number of scientific advances, including enabling a more complete understanding of whole genome sequences and the information encoded therein, a more complete characterization of the methylome and transcriptome and a better understanding of interactions between proteins and DNA. Nevertheless, there are sequencing applications and aspects of genome biology that are presently beyond the reach of current sequencing technologies, leaving fertile ground for additional innovation in this space. In this review, we describe a new generation of single-molecule sequencing technologies (third-generation sequencing) that is emerging to fill this space, with the potential for dramatically longer read lengths, shorter time to result and lower overall cost.

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A window into third-generation sequencing

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to provide an overview and evaluation of performance measurement systems and also present a framework for the selection of an appropriate performance measurement system for healthcare processes.Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides a brief review of the existing performance measurement frameworks. On the basis of review, performance measurement system criteria are identified and accordingly a framework has been proposed for measuring performance in healthcare processes.Findings – The measurement of performance of a healthcare organization is still an unresolved issue. A performance measurement system should be sensitive to changes in the external and internal environment of an organization. The proposed framework measures performance from a multi and interrelated perspective, namely efficiency, effectiveness and flexibility.Practical implications – The study will help the healthcare organization to know how they are performing; it will also help in bench...

Performance measurement system for healthcare processes

Many developing countries, including India, are committed to curbing black money from the economy. Therefore, these countries are focusing on a transparent online transaction facility. M-wallets are one online option facilitated by various companies using a mobile application. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of perceived usefulness, perceived security, perceived ease of use, trust, grievance redressal and satisfaction on young users’ intention to continually use M-wallet in India.,A research framework based on the expectation–confirmation theory has been formulated and tested empirically using data from M-wallets young users in India using structural equation modeling.,The analysis reveals that perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use significantly affect user satisfaction and intention to continually use M-wallets. The effect of perceived security on user satisfaction is significant, and grievance redressal mediates the effect of perceived security on intention to continually use M-wallets.,The outcome of the research will help M-wallet service providers and policy makers in planning the service and increasing customer’ continuance intention.,The uniqueness of this research is that it adds two important constructs for mobile payment systems (grievance redressal and perceived security) that were missing in the earlier model proposed by Zhou (2013). The addition of the two constructs helped in formulating a better model.

The effect of perceived security and grievance redressal on continuance intention to use M-wallets in a developing country

A major task in service management is the timely and cost efficient provision of spare parts for durable products. This especially holds good, when the regular production of the product, its components and parts has been discontinued, but customer service still has to be guaranteed for quite a long time. In such post product life cycle period, three options are available to organize the spare parts acquisition, namely (i) setting up a single large order within the final lot of regular production, (ii) performing extra production runs until the end of service and (iii) using remanufacturing to gain spare parts from used products. These three options are characterized by different cost and flexibility properties. Due to the time-variability and uncertainty of demands for spare parts and also that of the returns of used products, it is a challenging task to find out the optimal combination of these three options. In this paper we show how this problem can be modeled and solved by Decision Tree and stochastic Dynamic Programming procedure. Based on the Dynamic Programming approach a heuristic method is proposed, which can be employed to come up with a simple solution procedure for real-world spare parts acquisition problems during the post product life cycle. A numerical example is presented to demonstrate the application of the solution methods described in the paper.

Decision support for spare parts acquisition in post product life cycle

Remanufacturing is an attractive business option involving the process of value recovery and reuse of used products. Even though it has been accepted by the Western world, India is yet to take it up as an organised industrial sector. An attempt is made to study the various techno-managerial activities of an Indian photocopier remanufacturer. This paper includes critical examination of relevant issues in managing the remanufacturing process with the help of Interpretive Structural Model (ISM) methodology and discussion on the case study subsequently leads to some meaningful conclusions. It is found that the key drivers for this remanufacturing business are the issues relating to user's environment (source of returns) and marketing of remanufactured products. There seems to exist two most important factors, which are activating all other managerial issues. Interestingly, product design issues do not activate other issues, which may be explained by the fact that the company itself is managing remanufacturing...

Analysis of issues relating to remanufacturing technology - a case of an Indian company

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Kampan Mukherjee

Papers

Performance measurement system for healthcare processes

The effect of perceived security and grievance redressal on continuance intention to use M-wallets in a developing country

Decision support for spare parts acquisition in post product life cycle

Analysis of issues relating to remanufacturing technology - a case of an Indian company

Application of goal programming in project selection decision — A case study from the Indian coal mining industry