TY - JOUR
T1 - Interval-valued availability framework for supplier selection based on component importance
AU - Hague, Robert K.
AU - Barker, Kash
AU - Ramirez-Marquez, Jose E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2015/10/18
Y1 - 2015/10/18
N2 - The availability of ageing systems, particularly weapon systems within the Department of Defense, is of significant concern, as budgets tighten and system replacement is infeasible. This work addresses the selection of sole suppliers according to their ability to provide component parts that strengthen availability of the system. We extend a popular multi-criteria decision-making approach, Technique for Order Preferences by Similarity to an Ideal Solution, by (i) considering the availability of individual components as the criteria in the decision problem and (ii) weighting those criteria according to the value of component importance measures while (iii) accounting for uncertainty in underlying reliability and maintainability parameters with interval numbers. An aircraft example illustrates the approach.
AB - The availability of ageing systems, particularly weapon systems within the Department of Defense, is of significant concern, as budgets tighten and system replacement is infeasible. This work addresses the selection of sole suppliers according to their ability to provide component parts that strengthen availability of the system. We extend a popular multi-criteria decision-making approach, Technique for Order Preferences by Similarity to an Ideal Solution, by (i) considering the availability of individual components as the criteria in the decision problem and (ii) weighting those criteria according to the value of component importance measures while (iii) accounting for uncertainty in underlying reliability and maintainability parameters with interval numbers. An aircraft example illustrates the approach.
KW - availability
KW - importance measures
KW - multi-criteria decision-making
KW - supplier selection
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U2 - 10.1080/00207543.2015.1018454
DO - 10.1080/00207543.2015.1018454
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84938960326
SN - 0020-7543
VL - 53
SP - 6083
EP - 6096
JO - International Journal of Production Research
JF - International Journal of Production Research
IS - 20
ER -