Determining and Weighting the Sustainability Pillars: A Case Study in Petrochemical Industry

Natural resources have been diminishing, and even depleting as well as such issues as climate change, global warming,globalization, competitiveness, social concerns have been arising. Furthermore, increasing levels of industrialization,hence production ecosystems have been playing a vital role in the emergence of these environmental, financial, andsocial conditions. Therefore, blending sustainability pillars into manufacturing environments has been turning intomore than a necessity when taking into today`s environmental, financial, and social conditions account. Within thescope of this study, it is aimed to determine and weigh social, economic, and environmental sustainability criteria tobe considered in the selection of the Industry 4.0 technologies, which is a holistic production paradigm, in creating asustainable production ecosystem. In line with the data obtained from the sample consisting of decision-makers beingemployed in the petrochemical industry, the main and sub-criteria of the sustainability dimensions are weighted withfuzzy DEMATEL (Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory), which is one of the multi-criteria decisionmaking methods. The results of the analysis are further employed in the selection of the Industry 4.0 alternative.