Industrial and Manufacturing Designs

Atul Kumar Sahu, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Guru Ghasidas Central University, Bilaspur, India. He obtained a PhD from the National Institute of Technology, Raipur, India. His research focuses on multi-criteria decision-making and supply chain performance measurement. Dr. Atul Kumar Sahu has worked under the dimensions of decision modeling in industrial and manufacturing practices to attain sustainability and has more than 50 papers published in international journals. Rakesh D. Raut, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Operations and Supply Chain Management, National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai, India. He obtained a PhD from the National Institute of Industrial Engineering. His research is dedicated to studying partner selection, collaborative network organizations, managing supplier relations, etc. He has published 100+ articles by authors in industrial and manufacturing practices. Rohit Raja, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Information Technology, Guru Ghasidas Central University, Bilaspur, India. He obtained a PhD in computer science and engineering from Dr. CVRAMAN University in 2016. His research focuses on face recognition and identification, digital image processing, signal processing, etc. Raja has published 11 patents and 85 research papers in various national and international journals. Anoop Kumar Sahu, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Guru Ghasidas Central University, Bilaspur, India. He studied in the realm of logistics and supply chains for his PhD in 2015. He has 60 published research documents. He actively works within the architecture of decision-making domain to address industrial processes. Nitin Kumar Sahu, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Guru Ghasidas Central University, Bilaspur, India. His areas of interest include optimization, manufacturing, production engineering, and industrial engineering. He has published more than 50 papers in international journals.

• Preface xvii1 Demonstrating the Role of Qualitative and Quantitative Information in Industrial and Manufacturing Designs 1Nitin Kumar Sahu, Sanju Kumar Nishad, Atul Kumar Sahu and Anoop Kumar Sahu2 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Practices in Developing Economies: A Qualitative Mapping Approach 45Bupe G. Mwanza and Eneless Manda3 Advocating Lean Practices and Strategies in Decision-Making for Reinforcing Industrial and Manufacturing Designs 75Sanju Nishad, Atul Kumar Sahu and Nitin Kumar Sahu4 A Qualitative Study to Rank Non-Conventional Energy Sources for Industrial Sustainability and Energy Management Decisions Using MoSCoW Prioritization Method 105Pankaj Singh, Ruchi Kushwaha, Jyoti Kushwaha and Ajit Kumar Singh5 Response Surface Methodology: A Statistical Tool to Optimize Process Parameters (Quantitative Data) to Maximize the Microbial Biomass and Their Bioactive Metabolites 139Vijayalakshmi Ghosh and Aachal Lonhare6 Evaluating Mass-Spring-Damper Systems and Models for Reinforcing Engineering Designs: A Qualitative and Quantitative Approach 173Prashant Lahre, Kundan Meshram, Shailendra Kumar and Rajendra Kumar Choubey7 A Fuzzy Decision Optimization of Wire-EDM Process for Reinforcing Manufacturing Design Under Quantitative Data 201Neha Verma, Vinay Sharma and Rityuj Singh Parihar8 The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility Cost on Financial Performance: A Multi-Level Quantitative Analysis of Corporate Companies for Decision-Making Approach 233Kottala Sri Yogi and Ch. Shankar9 Mechanical Characteristics Evaluation of Micro-Alloyed Steel Used in Oil and Gas Industries 265Mukesh Kumar Nag10 Dynamic Response Comparison of Sandwich Panels with Honeycomb and Foam Core Under Blast Loads: A Quantitative Study 295Murlidhar Patel and Shivdayal Patel11 Implementation of Industry-Based Perspective in Technical Education: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis 321Ajit Kumar Singh, Sachin Akoji Meshram, Vinay Khandelwal, Pinaz Tiwari and Pankaj Singh12 Demonstrating Sustainable Design Under Qualitative and Quantitative Features for Secure Fundraising in Supply Chains Based on Blockchain Technology 347Pankaj Chandra, Santosh Soni, Kunal Raj, Prayas Kumar and Koushal Malviya13 Manufacturing of Polymer Matrix Composite Under Qualitative and Quantitative Designs: Investigations of Different Methods and Properties of Composites for Societal Applications 375Alok Agrawal, Vivek Mishra, Gaurav Gupta and Pravat Ranjan PatiReferences 396Index 399