Analysing organisational competitiveness through sustainable manufacturing using a hierarchical approach

Abstract

The paper proposes a framework for evaluating the organisational competitiveness attained through sustainable manufacturing. An assessment model using analytical hierarchal process (AHP) has been adopted for the evaluation of organisational competitiveness. A conceptual model is developed to understand the interrelationship between seven sustainable manufacturing practices and five organisational competitiveness with 14 sustainable manufacturing outputs at the intermediate level. The attainment of six organisational competitiveness is evaluated by computing the global priority scores of practices and outputs of sustainable manufacturing. The linkage matrix developed between the practices and the output of sustainable manufacturing and the output and organisational competitiveness is the significant contribution of this work that can be used by practicing managers/researchers to understand the various interactions and hence, promote the research in the field of sustainable manufacturing.