RESEARCH ARTICLE

Modelling and analysis of FMS productivity variables by ISM, SEM and GTMA approach

  • Vineet JAIN , 1 ,
  • Tilak RAJ 2
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  • 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amity University Haryana, Gurgaon 122413, India
  • 2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, YMCA University of Science and Technology, Faridabad 121006, India

Received date: 31 May 2014

Accepted date: 31 Jul 2014

Published date: 10 Oct 2014

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2014 Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

Abstract

Productivity has often been cited as a key factor in a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) performance, and actions to increase it are said to improve profitability and the wage earning capacity of employees. Improving productivity is seen as a key issue for survival and success in the long term of a manufacturing system. The purpose of this paper is to make a model and analysis of the productivity variables of FMS. This study was performed by different approaches viz. interpretive structural modelling (ISM), structural equation modelling (SEM), graph theory and matrix approach (GTMA) and a cross-sectional survey within manufacturing firms in India. ISM has been used to develop a model of productivity variables, and then it has been analyzed. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) are powerful statistical techniques. CFA is carried by SEM. EFA is applied to extract the factors in FMS by the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS 20) software and confirming these factors by CFA through analysis of moment structures (AMOS 20) software. The twenty productivity variables are identified through literature and four factors extracted, which involves the productivity of FMS. The four factors are people, quality, machine and flexibility. SEM using AMOS 20 was used to perform the first order four-factor structures. GTMA is a multiple attribute decision making (MADM) methodology used to find intensity/quantification of productivity variables in an organization. The FMS productivity index has purposed to intensify the factors which affect FMS.

Key words: FMS; ISM; EFA; SEM; GTMA

Cite this article

Vineet JAIN , Tilak RAJ . Modelling and analysis of FMS productivity variables by ISM, SEM and GTMA approach[J]. Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering, 2014 , 9(3) : 218 -232 . DOI: 10.1007/s11465-014-0309-7

Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge the anonymous referees of this paper for their valuable suggestions, which have helped to improve the quality of this paper.
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