A hybrid approach of neutrosophic sets and DEMATEL method for developing supplier selection criteria
TL;DR: The results prove that quality is the most influential criterion in the selection of suppliers, and DEMATEL is considered a proactive approach to improve performance and achieve competitive advantages.
Abstract: For any organization, the selection of suppliers is a very important step to increase productivity and profitability. Any organization or company seeks to use the best methodology and the appropriate technology to achieve its strategies and objectives. The present study employs the neutrosophic set for decision making and evaluation method (DEMATEL) to analyze and determine the factors influencing the selection of SCM suppliers. DEMATEL is considered a proactive approach to improve performance and achieve competitive advantages. This study applies the neutrosophic set Theory to adjust general judgment, using a new scale to present each value. A case study implementing the proposed methodology is presented (i.e. selecting the best supplier for a distribution company). This research was designed by neutrosophic DEMATEL data collection survey of experts, interviewing professionals in management, procurement and production. The results analyzed in our research prove that quality is the most influential criterion in the selection of suppliers.
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TL;DR: The proposed system of supply chain management will be able to overcome all challenges of traditional SCM and provide secure environment of SCM processes and a framework which integrates DEMATEL and AHP in neutrosophic environment to deal effectively with vague, uncertain and incomplete information is presented.
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TL;DR: This paper uses the robust ranking technique with neutrosophic set to handle practices and performances in green supply chain management and finds that “reverse logistics”, “supplier environmental collaboration’, and “carbon management” are the significant in GSCM practices.
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TL;DR: This research offers a novel approach for estimating the smart medical devices selection process in a group decision making (GDM) in a vague decision environment and presents the complications of the problem, raising interest among specialists in the healthcare industry and assessing smartmedical devices under different evaluation criteria.
Abstract: Advances in the medical industry has become a major trend because of the new developments in information technologies. This research offers a novel approach for estimating the smart medical devices (SMDs) selection process in a group decision making (GDM) in a vague decision environment. The complexity of the selected decision criteria for the smart medical devices is a significant feature of this analysis. To simulate these processes, a methodology that combines neutrosophics using bipolar numbers with Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) under GDM is suggested. Neutrosophics with TOPSIS approach is applied in the decision making process to deal with the vagueness, incomplete data and the uncertainty, considering the decisions criteria in the data collected by the decision makers (DMs). In this research, the stress is placed upon the choosing of sugar analyzing smart medical devices for diabetics' patients. The main objective is to present the complications of the problem, raising interest among specialists in the healthcare industry and assessing smart medical devices under different evaluation criteria. The problem is formulated as a multi criteria decision type with seven alternatives and seven criteria, and then edited as a multi criteria decision model with seven alternatives and seven criteria. The results of the neutrosophics with TOPSIS model are analyzed, showing that the competence of the acquired results and the rankings are sufficiently stable. The results of the suggested method are also compared with the neutrosophic extensions AHP and MOORA models in order to validate and prove the acquired results. In addition, we used the SPSS program to check the stability of the variations in the rankings by the Spearman coefficient of correlation. The selection methodology is applied on a numerical case, to prove the validity of the suggested approach.
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TL;DR: A neutrosophic AHP of the IoT in enterprises to help decision makers to estimate the influential factors and recommended alternatives satisfying the estimated influential factors for a successful enterprise are presented.
Abstract: The Internet of Things (IoT) connects billions of devices to afford inventive opportunities between things and people. The rapid development of products related to the IoT is a new challenge to keep security issues, lack of confidence, and understanding of the IoT. Analytical hierarchy process (AHP) is a classic multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) method used to analyze and scale complex problems and to obtain weights for the selected criteria. The vague and inconsistent information in real situations can lead to the decision maker's confusion. The decision makers cannot determine accurate judgments for all situations due to the conditions of uncertainty factors in real life; in addition to the limited knowledge and experience of decision makers. In this research, we present a neutrosophic AHP of the IoT in enterprises to help decision makers to estimate the influential factors. The estimation of influential factors can affect the success of the IoT-related enterprise. This study combines AHP methods with neutrosophic techniques to effectively present the criteria related to influential factors. The recommended alternatives are presented based on neutrosophic techniques satisfying the estimated influential factors for a successful enterprise. A case study is applied in Smart Village, Cairo, Egypt, to show the applicability of the proposed model. The smart village' consistency rate is measured after applying neutrosophic methodologies to reach to nearest optimum results. Additional case studies on the smart city in the U.K. and China have been presented to justify that our proposal can be used and replicated in different environments.
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...Keywords Supply chain management (SCM) · Supplier selection · Neutrosophic set · DEMATEL B Mohamed Abdel-Basset analyst_mohamed@yahoo.com Gunasekaran Manogaran gokulmecse@gmail.com Abduallah Gamal abdallagamalm@gmail.com Florentin Smarandache fsmarandache@gmail.com 1 Department of Operations Research, Faculty of Computers and Informatics, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Sharqiyah, Egypt 2 University of California, Davis, CA, USA 3 Mathematics & Science Department, University of New Mexico, Gallup, NM 87301, USA...
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