Development of a performance evaluation tool for end-of-life vehicle management system implementation using the analytic hierarchy process

Abstract

The management of end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) conserves natural resources, provides economic benefits, and reduces water, air, and soil pollution. In an effort to adequately manage flow of ELVs, modern infrastructure is considered a prerequisite. Thus, development of an effective performance evaluation tool for monitoring and continuous improvement of ELV management systems is strongly desired. In this paper, a performance evaluation tool is proposed for ELV management system implementation, based on the analytic hierarchy process. A real-life case study in Malaysia was conducted in order to demonstrate the potential and applicability of the presented methodology. The scores of eight key success factors in establishing an ELV management system (i.e., management responsibility, performance management, capacity management, resource management, stakeholders' responsibility, education and awareness, improvement and enforcement, and cost management) are presented. The overall score of the ELV management system implementation in Malaysia is equal to 2.13. Therefore, its performance level is average. The presented multi-criteria decision analysis tool can be of assistance not only to stakeholders in the Malaysian ELV management system, but also to vehicle recycling managers from other countries in order to monitor and continuously improve their ELV management systems.

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“…Considering that the high number of automobiles has negatively impacted environmental and social sustainability, implementing the end-of-life vehicle (ELV) policy in Malaysia can be viewed as a solution for fostering the automotive industry's growth ( 30 – 32 ). As a nation that manufactures its automobiles, Malaysia is obligated to pay special attention to the impact of vehicles that contribute to the gradual contamination of the environment.…”

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“…However, there is still lack of detail discussion on the corresponding sub-factors with the sustainable ELV recovery system. A comprehensive performance evaluation method is developed based on the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to determine the eight key critical success factors for continuously improving Malaysian ELV management systems [ 11 ]. There is still lack of essential elements of SM incorporated in the performance evaluation tool on ELV management system implementation.…”

“…Vehicle manufacturers would prefer their vehicles to last for 15 years; those vehicles which exceed this age limit are classified as ELV [ 11 ]. In contrast, most public respondents (38.9%) in Malaysia preferred the vehicle age to be limited to 10 years [ 12 ].…”

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