An integrated fuzzy QFD and fuzzy goal programming approach for global facility location-allocation problem

Jamalnia, Aboozar; Mahdiraji, Hannan Amoozad; Sadeghi, Mohammad Reza; Hajiagha, Seyed Hossein Razavi; Feili, Ardalan

Abstract

Companies pursuing extension of their activities and new companies in establishment phase are using various concepts and techniques to consider location decision, because location greatly affects both fixed and variable costs and on the overall profit of the company. This paper suggests a new use of quality function deployment (QFD) for facility location selection problem instead of applying it to traditional product quality promotion. Fuzzy sets concept is also incorporated to deal with imprecise nature of the linguistic judgments of decision makers. First, fuzzy QFD as a stand-alone approach is presented to address international facility location selection decision. To consider resource limitations and operational constraints, fuzzy goal programming is combined with fuzzy quality function deployment to present a developed approach to deal with global facility location-allocation decision. A demonstration of the applicability of proposed methodologies in a real-world problem is presented.

Citation

Jamalnia, A., Mahdiraji, H. A., Sadeghi, M. R., Hajiagha, S. H. R., & Feili, A. (2014). An integrated fuzzy QFD and fuzzy goal programming approach for global facility location-allocation problem. International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making, 13(2), 263-290. https://doi.org/10.1142/s0219622014500400

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Mar 31, 2014
• Publication Date: 2014-03
• Deposit Date: Apr 15, 2024
• Print ISSN: 0219-6220
• Electronic ISSN: 1793-6845
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 263-290
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1142/s0219622014500400
• Keywords: Global facility location-allocation problem, fuzzy quality function deployment, fuzzy goal programming, linguistic variables, fuzzy numbers
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3593072