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<p>For long-term success, organizations and manufacturing companies must exploit the potential strengths of collective decision making in maintenance management. The maintenance strategy selection issue has been studied in a single decision-maker framework for a long time. This research is one of the first attempts at dealing with the enhancement of maintenance management through the participation of stakeholders in the decision making process. In this context, the author introduces a participatory multi criteria decision model that combines Borda count and PROMETHEE methodology to select the most appropriate maintenance strategy; in accordance with the decision makers’ preferences on a set of strategies evaluated according to conflicting criteria. Therefore, the PROMETHEE II method is used to manage the individual decisions of each stakeholder, while the Borda count is in charge of collectively selecting the best maintenance strategy, taking as a starting point stakeholder’s preferences being established thanks to PROMETHEE II. In the same context, the proposed model was applied to a real scenario: a textile company, and can be easily replicated in other industries.</p>
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For long-term success, organizations and manufacturing companies must exploit the potential strengths of collective decision making in maintenance management. The maintenance strategy selection issue has been studied in a single decision-maker framework for a long time. This research is one of the first attempts at dealing with the enhancement of maintenance management through the participation of stakeholders in the decision making process. In this context, the author introduces a participatory multi criteria decision model that combines Borda count and PROMETHEE methodology to select the most appropriate maintenance strategy; in accordance with the decision makers’ preferences on a set of strategies evaluated according to conflicting criteria. Therefore, the PROMETHEE II method is used to manage the individual decisions of each stakeholder, while the Borda count is in charge of collectively selecting the best maintenance strategy, taking as a starting point stakeholder’s preferences being established thanks to PROMETHEE II. In the same context, the proposed model was applied to a real scenario: a textile company, and can be easily replicated in other industries.

Hybrid use of Borda count and PROMETHEE method for maintenance strategy selection problem

Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences

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For long-term success, organizations and manufacturing companies must exploit the potential strengths of collective decision making in maintenance management....

Hybrid use of Borda count and PROMETHEE method for maintenance strategy selection problem

Published Online: May 26, 2024

Page range: 139 - 160

Received: Jan 13, 2023

Accepted: Jan 04, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fcds-2024-0009

Keywords
maintenance strategy selection, Borda count, PROMETHEE II method, multi criteria decision making, group decision support system, stakeholder participation

© 2024 Sarah Oufella, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Hybrid use of Borda count and PROMETHEE method for maintenance strategy selection problem

Published Online: May 26, 2024

Page range: 139 - 160

Received: Jan 13, 2023

Accepted: Jan 04, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fcds-2024-0009

Keywordsmaintenance strategy selection, Borda count, PROMETHEE II method, multi criteria decision making, group decision support system, stakeholder participation

© 2024 Sarah Oufella, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
maintenance strategy selection, Borda count, PROMETHEE II method, multi criteria decision making, group decision support system, stakeholder participation