Prioritization of products for Iranian furniture clusters using Analytic Network Process

Today, the development of industrial clusters is considered as one of the successful approaches to industrial development. The cluster development approach, if developed in conjunction with the development of appropriate strategic plans, will not only promote specific industrial development but also regional development. Due to the fact that the furniture industry in Iran is mainly composed of small and medium enterprises, cluster development can be used to develop it. This study aimed to prioritize the furniture industry products for eight known furniture clusters in Iran. In the first stage, criteria and sub-criteria of ANP model were identified, and then the decision model was prepared based on ANP in the Superdecitions software. After weighing the criteria and the sub-criteria, we used the results of the questionnaire to determine the weight of the alternatives for each cluster separately. The results showed that in the furniture clusters of Tehran and Islamabad city, the option of decorative projects is about 0/35 and 334/0, respectively. In furniture clusters of Shandiz, Babolsar, Tabriz and Rudsar, the furniture and office furniture options with the weights of 271/0, 287/0, 284/0 and 293/0 were the first priority, respectively, and in furniture clusters of Qom and Malayer classic furniture with a weight of 0/32 and 0/304 respectively. The prioritized results showed that each of the studied clusters has more competitive ability to produce which products. . The prioritized results showed that each of the studied clusters has more competitive ability to produce