Pravin Kumar

• PhD
• Professor (Full) at Delhi Technological University

A traditional manufacturing system leads to rapid exploitation of natural resources, global warming, and a decline in biodiversity. Sustainable practices are essential for the conservation of natural resources and environmental protection. A reluctant attitude of manufacturing organizations towards sustainable practices has been observed due to the...

The popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) has been ever-increasing, because of numerous reasons, including the rapid diminution of petroleum reserves, significant changes in gasoline prices, and high reliance on politically unpredictable oil-producing nations. GHG emissions from automobiles, combined with depleting natural resources, have sparked g...

Integrating sustainability as a core function is the most challenging task for business organizations. Organizations are forced to rethink, redesign, and redevelop their existing system from green practices to achieve sustainable development. In the transitional attempts, more emphasis has been given to economic and environmental dimensions, but th...

Due to the raising awareness towards the detrimental effects of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles on the environment, the electric vehicle (EV) market in India has been growing rapidly. EVs are now seen as a significant technology in the automotive industry that can contribute to sustainable development by reducing greenhouse emissions and...

Effective and efficient supply chain management is one of the primary factors behind the success of modern-day organizations. The necessity to circumvent the impediments between supply and demand in any organization brings in the need for machine learning techniques. The performance of several machine learning methods, namely, random forest, gradie...

Due to the increasing contribution of vehicles to air pollution, rapid depletion of petroleum sources, considerable fluctuations in gasoline prices, and high dependency on politically volatile oil-producing nations, alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) are gaining popularity amongst users as well as manufacturers. This study explores all the major fact...

Demand forecasting has been a major concern of operational strategy to manage the inventory and optimize the customer satisfaction level. The researchers have proposed many conventional and advanced forecasting techniques, but no one leads to complete accuracy. Forecasting is equally important in manufacturing as well as retail companies. In this s...

The major contributor to air pollution in the cities like Delhi is emissions from vehicles running on fossil fuels. Delhi has been listed as one of the highest air polluted cities. World Health Organization has also produced a similar report. The Indian economy is highly dependent on the import of fossil fuels. One of the best ways to address these...

The COVID-19 pandemic has been experienced as the most significant global disaster after the Spanish flue in 1918. Millions of people lost their life due to a lack of preparedness and ineffective strategies for managing humanitarian supply chains (HSC). Based on the learnings from this pandemic outbreak, different strategies for managing the effect...

The cost constraints are higher comparatively for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in India. In view of recurring competitive developments in product demand, design, values, life cycle and increasing environment & government guidelines, SMEs are required to plan the manufacturing on sustainable basis as to remain in business for long run. In thi...

COVID 19 is not only responsible for the death of a huge number of people throughout the world but also for the change in geopolitics which results in changes in global supply chain and relocation of the many manufacturing companies from china to the other South-Asian countries. In this study, the main focus is to observe the series of impacts of C...

Due to global warming and fast depletion of fossil fuels, the option of battery-operated electric vehicles (EVs) has emerged as one of the most popular alternatives for sustainable transport. In the present study, India is considered as a case country to explore the challenges in sustainable supply chain of electric vehicle batteries. India, being...

The main purpose of the paper is to evaluate the green practices in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The growth and sustainability-related issues are equally important for SMEs as well as for multinational companies. Multinational companies have sufficient exposure to the international norms of environmental management and they are bound to fol...

The study is based on finding the impact of consumer behavior on green manufacturing. The opinion of the consumer has been taken regarding the production of auto components in Delhi NCR. Most of the consumers are not aware of detailed manufacturing processes of the auto componentswhich leads to difficulties in finding the impact of consumer behavio...

The Agri-food Supply Chains (AFSC) dealing with perishable items have suffered a lot due to the COVID 19 pandemic. During this uncertain time, developing resiliency has become a priority for management. Therefore, the main purpose of the study is to explore the impact of COVID-19 on AFSC and the possible strategies for improving the resilience of t...

In the present scenario, services have the largest domination in consumers’ lives and constitute a large part of the world economy. The researchers and practitioners have given limited research attention to transformative consumer research which affects consumer well-being. In this study, a causal relationship among the factors influencing the perf...

The main purpose of the paper is to find the sustainable solutions for crop residues burning in the northwestern states of India. Pre- and post-monsoon burning of the crop residues in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and western Uttar Pradesh increases the particulate matter significantly in the environment. During this period, the wind remains stagnant...

The growing demand in the manufacturing sector has yielded serious negative impact on 3Ps (people, planet, and profit), and it requires the most change among the businesses with sustainability goals. Therefore, it becomes very crucial to identify and diminish the outcomes of critical barriers of sustainable manufacturing (SM). This paper analyzes e...

The coordination in post-disaster functions is a major challenge for the humanitarian supply chains. Due to uncertainty and temporary nature of the disasters, it becomes very difficult to ensure coordination among the aid organizations engaged in the humanitarian supply chain. The increasing incidents of the natural, technological and man-made disa...

Organizations are struggling to leverage emerging opportunities for maintaining sustainability in the global markets due to many barriers in the era of Industry 4.0 and circular economy. The main aim of this study is to analyze these barriers to improve the sustainability of a supply chain. Our study identifies the major criteria for sustainable op...

Purpose In complex business environment of today, organizations are trying to be flexible and agile for meeting dynamic demands of customers in terms of product variety, cost cutting and decreasing product life cycle. The main purpose of this paper is to identify different attributes of flexibility and to propose an approach for evaluating flexibil...

Purpose Today, most of the manufacturing systems are changing very fast in terms of the adoption of new technologies. New technologies being implemented are Internet of Things, cyber physical systems, cloud computing, Big Data analytics and information and communication technologies. Most of the organizations in the value chain are implementing the...

This paper analyses the complex interactions among the seventeen sustainable development goals (SDGs) and presents them in a hierarchical framework using interpretive structural modeling technique. The driving and dependence powers of each of these goals have been ascertained to help the developing and least developed countries improve their strate...

Managing value chain of perishable food items or pharmaceutical drugs is known as cold chain management. In India, approximately 30% fruits and vegetables get wasted due to lack of effective cold chain management. Logistic providers play a crucial role in making cold chains more effective. Based on literature review, ten criteria are selected for t...

Due to the growing importance of environment and sustainability in global business, organizations are trying their best to make their production systems sustainable. Today, the focus is not only on individual production systems, but also on sustainability issues in the supply chain. In the supply chain network, organizations are forced to streamlin...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify factors which influences participation of developing countries in the global value chains (GVC) and to present a mathematical modelling technique to calculate a ‘National Participation Index of a developing country in the GVC’ (hereinafter referred to as G-NPI). Design/methodology/approach The pap...

The purpose of this research paper is to measure the operational performance of cellular mobile telephone service providers (CMTSP) in India. In this paper, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment Evaluation (PROMETHEE) integrated approach is used to compare the operational performances of cellular...

Purpose In present scenario of global competition and economic recession, most of the organizations are facing tough challenge to survive in the market due to shortening product life cycle and reducing profit margin. Customers are seeking better design, production, and delivery, which have made firms to concentrate on flexibility in supply chains....

The purpose of this research paper is to develop a framework to analyze the operational performance of cellular mobile telephone service providers (CMTSP) in the Delhi working area, India. Delhi area has the highest teledensity in India. The present study uses a fuzzy ELECTRE (Elimination and Choice Expressing Reality) approach to compare the perfo...

In the present context of the globalized market, sustainable manufacturing has become a major concern for all organizations. The sustainable manufacturing system includes economic, environmental, and social sustainabilities. Green manufacturing enhances the environmental sustainability but, it also affects the economic and social sustainabilities....

The aim of the paper is to benchmark the performance of the Indian fertilizer-manufacturing organizations based on the ranking of efficiencies using a fuzzy data envelopment analysis (FDEA). FDEA has been used to find the relative efficiency and ranking of the fertilizer-manufacturing organizations. The last few years’ data have been converted into...

Abstract- The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the vendor under fuzzy environment. Some of the information and data available about the vendors may be vague and imprecise in nature. To deal with the impreciseness in information available fuzzy TOPSIS for vendor evaluation has been used. Linear Programming has been used along with Fuzzy TOPSIS t...

Purpose In the present context of a health-concious society, management of pharmaceutical supply chains has become more complex because it involves the life-saving interest of human being and requires the participation of different stakeholders such as pharmaceutical manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, customers, information service providers...

The purpose of the paper is to observe the critiques of international joint venture and to highlight the bone of contention and some other issues in joint ventures working in the field of two-wheeler manufacturing in India. The information regarding the joint ventures in two-wheeler manufacturers in India has been collected through various sources...

About two thirds of the population in India lives in villages. There is an acute shortage of health centers in rural areas. Hospitals are not located uniformly across different regions of country. Rural areas are also not well connected with cities due to a lack of infrastructure. Therefore, the demand for super specialty hospitals is greater in ru...

Inventory modeling has always been an innovative research topic for the researchers. It is concerned with minimization of the total inventory cost and maximization of the service level with minimum inventory. In the real world, the demand is always variable; and also the lead time of supply of an item cannot be always fixed due to some unavoidable...

In globalised economy, all mechanical systems need to be highly productive and efficient. Lead time reduction and defect reduction is big challenge for production managers in shop floor. Effective maintenance plays very crucial role in improving productivity of any production system. Therefore analysis of maintainability of a system is crucial. Mai...

Free trade policies, globalization of the economy, and continuous changes in technology have increased competition among the manufacturers. Identification of customers’ changing needs and its simultaneous fulfillment becomes more important for manufacturers as well as suppliers. The needs for flexible, rapid, cost effective and high quality product...

This paper presents a fuzzy based approach for 3PL (Third Party Logistics) selection. A multi criteria decision making (MCDM) is used for 3PL evaluation. The MCDM proposal for 3PL evaluation incorporates the decisions of multiple decision makers belonging to the Performance Evaluation Team (PET) constituted by a buyer company. The selection is base...

In this paper, some of the major supply chain practices in electronics industry in India have been analysed. The hypotheses related to supply chain practices were formulated based on an intensive literature review. These hypotheses were tested using the statistical analysis of the data collected through questionnaire survey. The data were collected...

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate a methodology to evaluate the performance of third party logistics (3PL) company using a team approach. The criteria to evaluate the performance of 3PL have been identified through literature review and in consultation with practitioners. The weightage to criteria and the performance evaluation of 3PL are...

This research paper aims to give a new dimension to the decision maker by proposing a hybrid model of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and preference ranking organisation method for enrichment evaluation (PROMETHEE) in 3PL selection. It uses an integrated approach of AHP-PROMTHEE as a selection methodology to select an efficient and requisite 3PL f...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an insight into the use of an integrated approach of fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (fuzzy AHP) and TOPSIS in evaluating the performance of global third party logistics service providers for effective supply chain management. Design/methodology/approach In this study, the integration of fuzzy AHP...

This paper aims to model the supplier development issues in global perspectives under informational vagueness. A Fuzzy Quality Function Deployment (FQFD) model has been used to correlate the buyers' needs with Suppliers' attributes. This approach supports buyers' linguistic vague input in correlation matrix. On the basis of fuzzy correlation, impor...

This paper proposes an integrated model of Fuzzy Quality Function Deployment (FQFD) and Multiple Objective Linear Programming (MOLP) for supplier selection and order allocation in global context. Various criteria for global supplier selection are explored through literature review and divided into two categories: buyer attributes and supplier attri...

Supplier selection has been the focus of researchers and practitioners in the past studies on supply-chain management. Numerous multiple criteria decision-making approaches have been used to select the supplier and allocate an appropriate quota to them. This paper tries to illustrate a case of supplier selection and quota allocation under uncertain...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and evaluate the relationships among the flexibility enablers and to prepare a hierarchy of these enablers to know their influences over each other in global supply chain. The framework suggests that the priority of enablers in supply chain should be determined on the basis of their driving power and...

Supplier selection is a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making problem in a supply chain involving many qualitative and quantitative factors. In this paper, an integrated approach using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Fuzzy Linear Programming (FLP) is adopted for supplier selection and quota allocation problem. AHP is used to rate the suppliers, while...

The performance measurement of third party logistics (3PL) is very important to improve the customer service level and hence efficiency of supply chain. This is a multi-criteria decision making problem which incorporates various supply chain parameters. A framework for performance measurement of 3PL providers has been developed in this paper, which...

The competitiveness factors in global business have pressurized suppliers and manufacturers to cut the cost of finished products without compromising the quality of products and services. One of the most important ways to reduce the cost and to increase the productivity and customer satisfaction is to outsource the non-core functions. The role of l...