THE USE OF MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS – LESSONS FROM SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT OF HYGIENE PRODUCTS CONTAINING NEW WOOD-BASED MATERIALS

Magdalena Svanström; Greg Peters

Chalmers Conferences, LCM 2013

Magdalena Svanström, Greg Peters

Last modified: 2014-09-11

Abstract

This paper discusses the process of using multicriteria analysis (MCA) in sustainability assessment of absorbent hygiene products, comparing a reference product representing current technology, to product concepts containing new wood-based materials. The MCA required aggregation of qualitative and quantitative product performance indicators using different stakeholder value sets. The decision-makers in the MCA were drawn from different companies and from academia. The intent of the paper is to draw out some of the potential issues that may be encountered in similar assessments. The presentation also discusses different aggregation methods and provides results from the assessment and the aggregation.

Keywords

MCA; MCDA; product development; weighting; aggregation

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