Multi-criteria decision-making approach to evaluate optimum maintenance strategy in textile industry

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to focus on the use of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) to select an optimum maintenance strategy for a textile industry.Design methodology approach - The relative importance of multiple evaluation criteria and the extension of the TOPSIS are prioritized using AHP. The TOPSIS method is applied to compensate for the imprecise ranking of the AHP in the selection of a maintenance policy mix.Findings - An efficient ranking of alternatives can be achieved for maintenance strategy selection through the combination of AHP and TOPSIS.Originality value - The paper highlights a new insight into multi-criteria decision-making techniques to select an optimum maintenance policy for a process industry with the use of a case study.