An Approach for Ranking of Hospitals Based on Waste Management Practices by Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) Methodology

Rawal, Nekram

doi:10.1007/s40010-021-00760-x

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“…This transformation will affect the structure and the strategies of the decision-making process (Traneva and Tranev, 2022;Saaty, 2016). Many researchers have used the AHP for decision-making in numerous sectors, i.e., economic issues, policy formulation, and urban management, prioritizing investments in the chemical industry, formulating urban water supply systems, selecting material suppliers, investigating environmental impact, and environmental impacts of manufacturing (Rawal, 2021). However, Yuen (2022) argued that the AHP might comprise misapplications; thus, it is necessary to use the paired interval scale when assessing pairwise comparisons when choosing competitive alternatives in decision-making.…”

Section: Review Of the Ahp Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2023

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Managing supplementary parts for plants and machines plays a major role in accomplishing the needed system availability in a cost-effective manner. Today's industrial demands require mature technology that is strong in terms of capital and bulk-production oriented. However, the idleness of these machines and equipment due to unavailability of spare parts is a major problem and barrier to effective systems availability. This study aims to develop an effective manufacturing strategy for spare parts. A case study was conducted at a General Water Desalination Establishment in Saudi Arabia to select the right strategy to reduce the total downtime and total maintenance costs of equipment. The results showed the importance of creating a production plan that suits an organization's ability to manage the supply chain for customers and ensure the company remains competitive within its market. Identification of critical spare parts of equipment for maintenance operations is one of the key decision-making activities to obtain lower downtime for equipment and inventory costs. Therefore, decision-makers should apply the best method and use accurate criteria to analyze and rank the spare parts based on criticality. The strategies proposed in the present study assure that these important parts are available for maintenance and repair of the plant and machinery when required at an optimum cost.

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Section: Review Of the Ahp Methodsmentioning

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“…Zhang et al, 2006;Arikan, 2013). After decades of development, the discipline system of "Operations Research" has been relatively perfect and involves many mathematical knowledge points, such as AHP (Rawal & Nekram, 2021), 0-1 integer programming (Russell Impagliazzo et al, 2014), multi-objective programming (Taghavi et al, 2021). Among them, different methods have different characteristics in their applications.…”

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An Optimization Model for Ordering and Transporting Raw Materials by Manufacturers Based on Linear Programming

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2022

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This study applies analytic hierarchy process (AHP), 0-1 integer programming and other systematic programming models, combined with the needs of manufacturers to build a set of mathematical models to help manufacturers select suppliers, control raw material ordering costs, and transporting costs. As the production costs of products is linked to the ordering and transporting of raw materials, manufacturers need to choose suitable raw material suppliers and develop the most economical ordering and transporting schemes with the most negligible loss so as to improve profits and enhance the market competitiveness. Taking a building and decorative plate enterprise as a case, this model shows that AHP can effectively quantify the supplying characteristics of suppliers and obtain a list of high-quality suppliers. LINGO software combined with linear programming can be used to obtain the optimal weekly ordering and transporting schemes, thus reducing the raw material ordering costs and transporting losses. It is shown from the results that the production costs of enterprises from the source can be reduced so as to improve their cost control system. The present study seeks to fill the gap in ordering and transporting raw materials for manufacturers to control production costs. At the same time, this model provides references for producers who have the demand for processing raw materials and play a significant role in controlling production costs.

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“…Mardani et al [ 57 ] evaluated the achievements of hospitals in Tehran, Iran, in medical waste management using fuzzy AHP. Rawal [ 58 ] measured hospitals' performance in Prayagraj, India, based on waste management practices using the AHP method. Unlike all these studies, Haseli and Ghoushchi [ 59 ] evaluated the best criteria to designate the plant's location to be installed in waste disposal with the fuzzy base criteria method for Tabriz, Iran.…”

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