{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3195893076","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2021.3089691","title":"Framework for Lean Implementation Through Fuzzy AHP-COPRAS Integrated Approach","display_name":"Framework for Lean Implementation Through Fuzzy AHP-COPRAS Integrated Approach","publication_year":2021,"publication_date":"2021-07-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3195893076","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2021.3089691","mag":"3195893076"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tem.2021.3089691","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2021.3089691","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S154533451","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","issn_l":"0018-9391","issn":["0018-9391","1558-0040"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5085623386","display_name":"M. Bhuvanesh Kumar","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5721-5000"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I122964287","display_name":"National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli","ror":"https://ror.org/047x65e68","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I122964287"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Manickam Bhuvanesh Kumar","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tiruchirappalli, India"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5721-5000","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tiruchirappalli, India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I122964287"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5022047927","display_name":"R. Parameshwaran","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1108-6236"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I15664174","display_name":"Madurai Medical College","ror":"https://ror.org/05ghahk68","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I15664174"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Rathinasamy Parameshwaran","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, India"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1108-6236","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I15664174"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5057782868","display_name":"Jiju Antony","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8197-5736"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I32062511","display_name":"Heriot-Watt University","ror":"https://ror.org/04mghma93","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I32062511"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210085930","display_name":"Heriot-Watt University Malaysia","ror":"https://ror.org/0059w0420","country_code":"MY","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210085930"]}],"countries":["GB","MY"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jiju Antony","raw_affiliation_strings":["Operations and Logistics Group, Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, U.K"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8197-5736","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Operations and Logistics Group, Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, U.K","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I32062511","https://openalex.org/I4210085930"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5037721528","display_name":"Elizabeth A. Cudney","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3990-0474"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I16989420","display_name":"Maryville University","ror":"https://ror.org/02myg6142","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I16989420"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Elizabeth Cudney","raw_affiliation_strings":["John E. Simon School of Business, Maryville University, St. Louis, MO, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3990-0474","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"John E. Simon School of Business, Maryville University, St. Louis, MO, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16989420"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":4,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.0615,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":24,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.92186453,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"70","issue":"11","first_page":"3836","last_page":"3848"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10164","display_name":"Quality and Supply Management","score":0.9977999925613403,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1404","display_name":"Management Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10164","display_name":"Quality and Supply Management","score":0.9977999925613403,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1404","display_name":"Management Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10050","display_name":"Multi-Criteria Decision Making","score":0.9908999800682068,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10539","display_name":"Sustainable Supply Chain Management","score":0.9905999898910522,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/value-stream-mapping","display_name":"Value stream mapping","score":0.9609240293502808},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/lean-manufacturing","display_name":"Lean manufacturing","score":0.7415115237236023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/productivity","display_name":"Productivity","score":0.5909348130226135},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/manufacturing-engineering","display_name":"Manufacturing engineering","score":0.5639845132827759},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/analytic-hierarchy-process","display_name":"Analytic hierarchy process","score":0.5466516613960266},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/lean-project-management","display_name":"Lean project management","score":0.4941616356372833},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/process","display_name":"Process (computing)","score":0.4861559569835663},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/fuzzy-logic","display_name":"Fuzzy logic","score":0.4239533543586731},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/industrial-engineering","display_name":"Industrial engineering","score":0.38983166217803955},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.3891860246658325},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.36679238080978394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/process-management","display_name":"Process management","score":0.33982592821121216},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operations-research","display_name":"Operations research","score":0.1836751103401184},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.10438892245292664}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C50417146","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1345067","display_name":"Value stream mapping","level":3,"score":0.9609240293502808},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137335462","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380772","display_name":"Lean manufacturing","level":2,"score":0.7415115237236023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C204983608","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2111958","display_name":"Productivity","level":2,"score":0.5909348130226135},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C117671659","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11049265","display_name":"Manufacturing engineering","level":1,"score":0.5639845132827759},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C87345402","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q485202","display_name":"Analytic hierarchy process","level":2,"score":0.5466516613960266},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C82740854","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6509472","display_name":"Lean project management","level":3,"score":0.4941616356372833},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98045186","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205663","display_name":"Process (computing)","level":2,"score":0.4861559569835663},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C58166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q224821","display_name":"Fuzzy logic","level":2,"score":0.4239533543586731},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C13736549","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4489420","display_name":"Industrial engineering","level":1,"score":0.38983166217803955},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.3891860246658325},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.36679238080978394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C195094911","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14167904","display_name":"Process management","level":1,"score":0.33982592821121216},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C42475967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194292","display_name":"Operations research","level":1,"score":0.1836751103401184},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.10438892245292664},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C139719470","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39680","display_name":"Macroeconomics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tem.2021.3089691","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2021.3089691","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S154533451","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","issn_l":"0018-9391","issn":["0018-9391","1558-0040"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","score":0.49000000953674316,"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":43,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1590154843","https://openalex.org/W1972444232","https://openalex.org/W1977955720","https://openalex.org/W1978139292","https://openalex.org/W1992540694","https://openalex.org/W2018636622","https://openalex.org/W2025825841","https://openalex.org/W2026492619","https://openalex.org/W2058719009","https://openalex.org/W2059536960","https://openalex.org/W2079859995","https://openalex.org/W2118196725","https://openalex.org/W2143416605","https://openalex.org/W2155701371","https://openalex.org/W2157540239","https://openalex.org/W2158058408","https://openalex.org/W2173944504","https://openalex.org/W2189771227","https://openalex.org/W2296989721","https://openalex.org/W2330513643","https://openalex.org/W2335565677","https://openalex.org/W2735761745","https://openalex.org/W2762074555","https://openalex.org/W2769887713","https://openalex.org/W2790448920","https://openalex.org/W2798641187","https://openalex.org/W2896168300","https://openalex.org/W2897363625","https://openalex.org/W2904659199","https://openalex.org/W2949007592","https://openalex.org/W2972947608","https://openalex.org/W2975969064","https://openalex.org/W2979432271","https://openalex.org/W3006694718","https://openalex.org/W3013877351","https://openalex.org/W3094734282","https://openalex.org/W4229797713","https://openalex.org/W4230795987","https://openalex.org/W4231803621","https://openalex.org/W4246752066","https://openalex.org/W4253313644","https://openalex.org/W6697340061","https://openalex.org/W6744776747"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2597137584","https://openalex.org/W1824235494","https://openalex.org/W747168432","https://openalex.org/W3133628845","https://openalex.org/W2917466123","https://openalex.org/W2067449447","https://openalex.org/W2090634204","https://openalex.org/W2185876009","https://openalex.org/W2610761050","https://openalex.org/W2182092691"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Manufacturing":[0],"industries":[1,42,56],"strive":[2],"hard":[3],"to":[4,8,38,57,95,155,161],"improve":[5,39],"their":[6,59],"productivity":[7,40,60],"meet":[9],"the":[10,44,54,66,78,83,97,103,114,118,123,128,157,162],"highly":[11],"demanding":[12],"business":[13],"market.":[14],"Productivity":[15],"can":[16],"be":[17],"improved":[18],"by":[19,62],"effective":[20],"use":[21],"of":[22,25,46,102,143,164,169,179],"resources,":[23],"elimination":[24],"wastes,":[26,180],"process":[27,81,138],"flow":[28],"enhancement,":[29],"and":[30,36,64,139,171,196,201],"continuous":[31],"improvement.":[32],"There":[33],"are":[34,108,145],"strategies":[35],"tools":[37,107,125],"but":[41],"face":[43],"problem":[45],"selecting":[47],"appropriate":[48],"strategies.":[49],"Lean":[50,106],"manufacturing":[51,55],"philosophy":[52],"helps":[53],"enhance":[58],"aspects":[61],"identifying":[63],"eliminating":[65],"wastes":[67,98,115],"using":[68],"specific":[69],"tools/techniques.":[70],"This":[71],"article":[72],"presents":[73],"an":[74],"integrated":[75,135],"framework":[76],"for":[77],"lean":[79,124,166],"implementation":[80,163],"in":[82,198],"steel":[84],"processing":[85],"industry.":[86],"The":[87],"value":[88,150],"stream":[89,151],"mapping":[90],"(VSM)":[91],"tool":[92],"is":[93,153],"used":[94],"identify":[96],"at":[99],"each":[100],"stage":[101],"production":[104],"process.":[105],"identified":[109,116],"from":[110,117],"literature":[111],"based":[112,126],"on":[113,127,131],"current":[119],"state.":[120],"For":[121],"prioritizing":[122],"positive":[129],"correlation":[130],"one":[132],"another,":[133],"fuzzy":[134],"analytic":[136],"hierarchy":[137],"complex":[140],"proportional":[141],"assessment":[142],"alternatives":[144],"used.":[146],"A":[147],"future":[148,172],"state":[149,173],"map":[152],"developed":[154],"illustrate":[156],"improvements":[158,197],"achieved":[159],"due":[160],"selected":[165],"tools.":[167],"Comparison":[168],"present":[170],"VSM":[174],"shows":[175],"a":[176],"great":[177],"reduction":[178],"such":[181],"as":[182],"scale":[183],"waste":[184],"(50%),":[185],"miss":[186],"roll":[187],"defects":[188],"(72.7%),":[189],"size":[190],"variation":[191],"defect":[192],"(62%),":[193],"corrosion":[194],"defect,":[195],"talk":[199],"time":[200],"cleanliness.":[202]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}