In this global competitive environment, with the recent advancement in information and communication technologies, the industries are adopting new strategies to sustain. Cloud manufacturing is a new technology that utilizes data analytics for better decision-making resulting in more productive, cost, and energy efficient operations. Increasing awareness towards a clean environment and optimum utilization of resources in manufacturing motivate us to study cloud manufacturing in the context of sustainability. Therefore, a significant number of social, environmental, and economic factors of cloud manufacturing are identified through literature review, and experts’ opinions and prioritization of these factors are obtained through the AHP and Fuzzy AHP methods. As per the final results obtained, “Efficient use of resources” is the most significant factor for the adoption of cloud manufacturing process and “Remote material monitoring” is the least significant factor amongst all the factors taken under consideration. The results are found to be consistent and accurate as per the value of consistency ratio. And the percentage obtained for social, environmental, and economic factors proves the cloud manufacturing process to be a sustainable manufacturing process.
The origin of a cost-efficient, service-oriented, customer-centric, manufacturing system called cloud manufacturing has evolved due to advancements in cyber systems and the availability of internet facilities worldwide. However, there is a significant number of opportunities before the adoption of cloud manufacturing. Through literature survey, expert opinions from academicians and industrialists, various opportunities, namely, pay-as-use, scalability, cost efficiency, flexibility, autonomy, low-risk backup and recovery, low startup cost and location independence associated with the espousal of cloud manufacturing are identified. Further, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model is applied to find the weights and prioritize these opportunities, thereby finding the significant key opportunities. Moreover, the consistency ratio is calculated for the accuracy and consistency of the results. As the obtained value of consistency ratio is less than .1, it shows that the result obtained is consistent and accurate. The managerial implication of these outcomes is that the results would indirectly help entrepreneurs in the adoption of cloud manufacturing.
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