Innovative approaches to assessing the efficiency of material technologies

Abstract

The article addresses the problem of comprehensive efficiency assessment of material production and modification technologies in modern manufacturing conditions. The increas-ing complexity of technological processes, the expansion of additive and hybrid manufactur-ing, and the growing requirements for sustainable development necessitate the integration of technical, economic, resource, and environmental criteria within a unified analytical frame-work. The purpose of the study is to develop an applied approach to evaluating the efficiency of material technologies that ensures a well-grounded selection of technological regimes and improves production performance through the systematization and integration of heterogene-ous indicators.
The paper systematizes contemporary methodological approaches to technology as-sessment, including process-oriented, structural-phase, functional-operational, resource-economic, life cycle (LCA), and multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods. Based on the concept “process – structure – properties – performance,” a structured system of criteria is proposed, grouped into structural, physical-mechanical, technological, resource, and envi-ronmental blocks. To enable quantitative comparison of alternative technological solutions, the study introduces an integral efficiency index calculated as a weighted sum of normalized criteria. 
The applicability of the proposed approach is demonstrated through a comparative evaluation of alternative processing regimes, illustrating how the integral index reveals hid-den advantages associated with reduced energy consumption and improved environmental performance. The developed methodological framework can be implemented in industrial practice as a decision-support tool and integrated into digital production management sys-tems. The approach contributes to enhancing the transparency, consistency, and economic justification of technological choice in the context of digitalization and sustainable manufac-turing.