Use of MCDM techniques in environmentally conscious manufacturing and product recovery: State of the art

摘要: Increasing environmental awareness of customers and stricter regulations by local governments force manufacturers to invest in environmentally conscious manufacturing which involves the application green principles all phases a product's life cycle from conceptual design final delivery consumers, ultimately end (EOL) disposal. They also setup facilities for product recovery is materials components returned or EOL products via disassembly, recycling remanufacturing. To address these new issues efficiently, multi criteria decision making (MCDM) techniques are used order evaluate economic indicators. This paper presents over 190 MCDM studies (ECMPRO) classifying them into three major categories. Insights review future research directions conclude paper.