ORIGINAL PAPER
An integrated approach for performance evaluation of mining industry: a case study of Iranian Steel Complex
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Ph.D Student, Department of Mining Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Submission date: 2020-06-14
Final revision date: 2020-08-07
Acceptance date: 2020-08-25
Publication date: 2020-09-29
Corresponding author
Navid Hosseini
Assistant Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Assistant Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi – Mineral Resources Management 2020;36(3):5-28
KEYWORDS
TOPICS
Scientific background of mineral resource managementOptimization of resources and reserves managementMineral policyImpact of mineral raw materials industries on the environmentPreparation and processing of mineral raw materialsEconomics of mineral industriesRational use of mineral raw materials
ABSTRACT
The continuous improvement in the industries and organizations hinges upon the evaluation of their performance. In fact, the performance evaluation assists organizations to identify their strengths and weaknesses and, accordingly, enhance their efficiency. As soon as the concept of sustainability was propounded in the engineering based industries, the performance evaluation got more importance due to the environmental issues and social concerns along with the economical aspects. Therefore, this paper is an attempt to propose an approach based on fuzzy best-worst method (BWM) and fuzzy inference system (FIS) in order to evaluate the performance of an Iranian steel complex in terms of sustainability concept. In the proposed approach, the weights of some selected criteria were determined by fuzzy BWM method and, then, the score of the under study industry was calculated in terms of economic, environmental, and social aspects. At the end, an FIS was developed to calculate the final score of the intended industry. In order to check the efficiency of the proposed approach, its performance was measured using expert knowledge as well as real data of a steel complex in Iran. A moderate to high performance has been achieved for the understudy case through conducting the proposed approach. It was suggested that the industry should focus on the criteria with both high weights and low evaluated scores (for example the environmental management technologies and knowledge criterion) to increase its performance evaluation score. The obtained results were indicative of the efficiency of the proposed approach.
METADATA IN OTHER LANGUAGES:
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Zintegrowane podejście do oceny wydajności przemysłu wydobywczego: studium przypadku irańskiego kompleksu stalowego
zrównoważony rozwój, ocena wydajności, górnictwo, najlepsza–najgorsza metoda (best-worst method), rozmyty system wnioskowania
Ciągłe doskonalenie branż i organizacji zależy od oceny ich wydajności. W rzeczywistości ocena wyników pomaga organizacjom zidentyfikować ich mocne i słabe strony, a co za tym idzie, zwiększyć ich efektywność. Jak tylko koncepcja zrównoważonego rozwoju została zaproponowana w branżach opartych na inżynierii, ocena wydajności nabrała większego znaczenia ze względu na kwestie środowiskowe i społeczne, a także aspekty ekonomiczne. Artykuł jest próbą zaproponowania podejścia opartego na rozmytej metodzie best-worst (BWM) i rozmytym systemie wnioskowania (FIS) w celu oceny wydajności irańskiego kompleksu stalowego pod kątem koncepcji zrównoważonego rozwoju. W proponowanym podejściu, wagi wybranych kryteriów wyznaczono metodą rozmytą BWM, a następnie obliczono punktację badanej branży pod względem ekonomicznym, środowiskowym i społecznym. Na koniec opracowano rozmyty system wnioskowania FIS, aby obliczyć końcowy wynik dla planowanej branży. Aby sprawdzić efektywność proponowanego podejścia, mierzono jego wydajność, wykorzystując wiedzę ekspercką oraz rzeczywiste dane dotyczące kompleksu stalowego w Iranie. W analizowanym przypadku, poprzez zastosowanie proponowanego podejścia osiągnięto wyniki od umiarkowanych do wysokich. Zasugerowano, że w celu zwiększenia oceny wyników, branża powinna skupić się na kryteriach zarówno o dużej wadze, jak i nisko ocenianych punktach (na przykład technologie zarządzania środowiskowego i kryterium wiedzy). Uzyskane wyniki świadczyły o skuteczności zaproponowanego podejścia.
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