Identification and Ranking of Fuzzy AHP Method of Enablers Agility Industry Segment – group

Subject Areas : Industrial Management

Mehdi Karbasian ¹ (Associate Professor, Faculty of Industrial Engineering Malek-Ashtar University of Technology, Tehran, Iran)
Bejan Khayambashi ² (Associate Professor, Faculty of Industrial Engineering Malek-Ashtar University of Technology, Tehran, Iran)
Akbar Nilipour ³ (Associate Professor, Faculty of Industrial Engineering Malek-Ashtar University of Technology, Tehran, Iran)
Mohammad Javanmardi ⁴ (PhD Student, Faculty of Industrial Engineering Malek-Ashtar University of Technology, Tehran, Iran)

Received: 2018-01-07 Accepted : 2018-01-07 Published : 2014-11-22

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Abstract :

This study attempts to present the key factors for creating an agile organization in an automotive part industry of Mashhad in order of importance. In this regard, factors and sub-factors of organizational agility in the industry were recognized and the importance of them was determined using fuzzy AHP group method. This is an application study using literature review for determining the factors and sub-factors. Afterward, in order to fit and creating the hierarchical structure, a questionnaire was made to gather the expert viewpoint.The content validity of the questionnaire confirmed using literature review, Supervisor, Co-Supervisor and the other experts. For reliability, Cronbach’s alpha value was calculated and obtained 0.7 for all dimensions of the questionnaire and indicates the internal consistency of the questionnaire. Then exploratory factor analysis was conducted and fifteen sub-factors were categorized into the four main components named technology, workers, organization and systems, and strategies. In the next section, using fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and the contributing group of industry experts, the weight of each factor and sub-factors were determined. Inconsistency rates for all tables were calculated and less than 0.1 obtained. Finally, the priorities of factors and sub-factors were determined. According to the findings, between the factors technology has the first rank and between the sub-factor hardware, software and virtual organization have the first to the third rank.  

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