DECISION MAKING WITH ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS FOR SELECTION OF FURNACE FOR FOUNDRY INDUSTRY

The different manufacturing sectors in the era are striving hard to introduce innovative long-term strategies into their operations. The aim of the study is to integrate those advanced techniques with sustainable operations; to promote advanced sustainable melting process so these manufacturing sectors can thrive even in uncertain markets. To establish this connection, this study analyzes the drivers of the advanced sustainable melting process through a proposed framework validated using a case study in India. Common drivers are collected from the literature, calibrated with opinions from experts, and analyzed through an Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), which is a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) approach. This study reveals that quality is the most important alternative that pressures foundry sectors to adopt advanced sustainable melting process. Manufacturers can quickly note the top-ranked driver and adapt it to implement advanced viable foundry soundly.