Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty Publications Conference Paper Faculty Publications- Conference Papers Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dass, P. Leslie; Nair, Sreerengan V. R.; Kurien, Georgy P.; Chandar, S. Kumar Title A name given to the resource A Fuzzy AHP Approach to Evaluation of Value Addition in the Indian Medical Equipment Supply Chain Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01-01-2025 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems;Volume;1275;pp.43-60 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-2694-6_4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-2694-6_4</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105007226294?origin=resultslist" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105007226294?origin=resultslist</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Dass P.L., School of Business and Management, Christ University, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India; Nair S.V.R., School of Business and Management, Christ University, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India; Kurien G.P., School of Business and Management, Christ University, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India; Chandar S.K., School of Business and Management, Christ University, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India Description An account of the resource The research delineates the risks within the supply chain that impede firms from achieving optimal value-added ratios. A comprehensive inventory of medical equipment crucial to healthcare is identified, and manufacturing and order fulfilment durations are ascertained through non-participatory observation. Employing these durations, the value-added ratio is computed for each piece of medical equipment to assess the firms performance. The study divulges that the average value-added ratio for hospital laboratory equipment is alarmingly low, signifying the prevalence of non-value-added activities resulting in augmented costs and protracted turnaround times. Furthermore, hospital diagnostic and surgical equipment, although exhibiting higher value-added ratios in comparison with laboratory equipment, still evince an average value-added ratio below fifty per cent, underscoring that over half of the activities along this supply chain are non-value-added. These findings accentuate the necessity of addressing these issues to bolster the value addition within the Indian medical equipment supply chain. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2025. Subject The topic of the resource AHP; Fuzzy; Supply chain; Value addition Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH Relation A related resource ISSN: 23673370; ISBN: 978-981962693-9; Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Conference paper Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource online