Determining the Process Choice Criteria for Selecting a Production System in a Manufacturing Firm Using a Delphi Technique Manufacturing strategy formulation is one of the key aspects of business to gain the competitive advantage by aligning manufacturing function with the business goals. The crucial step in manufacturing strategy formulation is a process choice due to the involvement of huge investment. Process choice concerns the determination of production system for a given manufacturing firm. Traditionally, there exist four kinds of production systems viz. JobShop, BatchShop, MassAssembly line, and Continuous flow. Being a longterm decision, the process choice selection should be made appropriately. Variety of criteria considered while selecting a production system. The current study tries to identify the criteria considered while selecting the most compatible production system for a manufacturing firm. An extensive literature review methodology is used to determine and collect the process choice criteria (PCC). A total of 39 PCC are identified. Further, a Delphi technique is used to validate those criteria using expertsu0027 advice. Through Delphi, out of 39, 28 criteria are retained based on the consistency validity ratio (CVR) score. The identified PCC can aid researchers and practitioners to understand and evaluate the production system.

A Hybrid MCDM Model to Select Optimal Hosts of Variety Shows in the Social Media Era The selection of the optimal variety show hosts is a key to television stations. However, no study has a deal with this issue. In this paper, a hybrid multiple criteria decisionmaking (MCDM) model based on the fuzzy Delphi method, decisionmaking trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL), analytic network process (ANP), and technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) to choose optimal hosts of variety shows for television stations in the social media era was developed. The fuzzy Delphi method was taken as a screening tool for the selection criteria of variety show hosts. Then, DEMATEL was applied to verify the interdependencies between the perspectives. According to the interdependencies, ANP was employed to obtain weights. Finally, TOPSIS ranked the alternatives. The selection criteria were gathered from previous researches and discussions with senior executives of television stations. By the fuzzy Delphi method, 12 criteria were identified. Based on the past study and consultations with four senior executives, we classified 12 essential criteria into four perspectives to develop the hierarchy for the variety show host selection. Under the hierarchy base on four perspectives and 12 criteria, managers of television stations could select the optimal variety show hosts more effectively. The usability and efficiency of the proposed model were also considered by a case study. We offered a distinct contribution to the prior studies by providing a model in the variety show host selection field. In the context of social media competition, this study also added the selection criteria from Internet celebrities.