The Models of Supporting the Strategic Decisions on Engineering Products Competitiveness

Abstract

The authors suggest the models of competitiveness assessment of engineering products at the early stages of the product life cycle. The criteria-based approach and the machinery of fuzzy sets theory are applied when developing the models. The model of consumers’ preferences forecasting allows calculating the prospective demand, motivation of consumer behavior, their attitude to the supplied product. The model based on the pair-wise comparison approach calculates fuzzy sets of various degrees of product competitiveness. The model of engineering product rating ensures rational selection of alternatives under the conditions of collective selection at all stages of the product life cycle.

Procedure for Evaluating Competitiveness of Production Processes

“…As the result, they are formed directly in the production process. To set methods to increase competitiveness of products, it is feasible to carry out a quantitative assessment [1][2][3]. At present, there are a lot of production process evaluation methods [4][5][6][7][8].…”