... 10 2018 08 12 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Performance measurement Outsourcing Fuzzy logic Fuzzy systems Outsourcing can be defined as the transfer of business activities, functions and processes...

... rights only Performance measurement Fuzzy logic Facility layout In recent years, the most important manufacturing issue is the efficient use of scarce resources. Within this context, the design of the facility, which may be defined as the physical arrangement of a facility, is strongly...

... and reliable factors that compose LAT’s qualitative component. The statistical analysis showed five distinct factors, namely process, delivery, quality, customer satisfaction and human resource. In addition, the fuzzy logic showed appropriate loadings to make the argument for its use in analysis of the LAT...

... rights only Decision making Fuzzy logic Manufacturing industry Maintenance The scope of this study is limited to an acid manufacturing plant. Though, the study framework, approach and outcomes can be beneficial to practitioners and researchers who aim to select the proper maintenance...

... at: caglar.ucler@gmail.com 27 07 2016 25 04 2017 26 05 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Innovation Fuzzy logic New product development Analytical hierarchy process (AHP) Supply networks Virtual organizations...

... recovery. Design/methodology/approach A fuzzy logic approach is developed to account a trade-off scenario for a manufactured product with recovery options. This approach is demonstrated using a numerical example and is validated using a case study in the automotive parts and components industry...

...K.E.K. Vimal; Sekar Vinodh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report a case study in which artificial neural network (ANN) has been used for performing fuzzy logic based leanness assessment. Design/methodology/approach Leanness is the measure of lean manufacturing practice. Fuzzy logic...

... manufacturing processes Process management Control systems Quality improvement Fuzzy logic Statistical quality control Tip shear carpet DOE RSM Process control, product control and quality improvement are considerable works in most of the manufacturing industries which are still carried out...

... Performance measurement (quality) Fuzzy logic Performance measurement is critical to the success of almost any organization because it creates understanding, molds behavior and improves competitiveness (Fawcett and Cooper, 1998). As companies move towards supply chain management (SCM), it becomes...

... of these responses that combines the inherent ambiguity of linguistic statements. N. Gunasekaran can be contacted at: guna_kct_cbe_tn_in@yahoo.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Supply chain management Fuzzy logic Quality function deployment Monte Carlo simulation Decision making...

... to structure and build a type‐2 fuzzy logic model for the prediction of time to market. Originality/value This paper presents a demonstration of how the type‐2 fuzzy logic model works and provides directions for further research into the design process for time to market. P. Baguley can be contacted...

.... Design/methodology/approach A fuzzy logic based controller is used to achieve the desired target. Monitoring the process is performed by means of using supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system. The integration between the fuzzy logic controller (FLC) and SCADA system is also presented...