Sustainable Supplier Selection and Order Allocation Considering Discount Schemes and Disruptions in Supply Chain

Sustainable supplier selection and order allocation (SSSOA) is paramount to sustainable supply chain management. It is a complex multi-dimensional decision-making process augmented with the triple bottom line of sustainability. This research presents a multi-phase decision framework to address a SSSOA problem for the multi-echelon renewable energy equipment (Solar PV Panels) supply chain. The framework comprises of fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision-Making techniques augmented with fuzzy multi-objective mixed-integer non-linear programming mathematical model. The various economic, environmental, and social objectives were optimized for a multi-period, multi-modal transportation network of the supply chain. The results show that among the various sustainable criteria selected in this study, product cost, environmental management system, and health and safety rights of employees are the most important for decision-makers. The results of the mathematical model highlighted the impact of multimodal transportation on overall cost, time, and environmental impact for all periods. An analysis of results revealed that transfer cost and customer clearance cost contribute significantly towards overall cost. Furthermore, defect rate was also observed to play a critical role in supplier selection and order allocation.

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Going Green Supply Chain Management During COVID-19, Assessing the Best Supplier Selection Criteria: A Triple Bottom Line (TBL) Approach

Problemy Ekorozwoju ◽

10.35784/pe.2022.1.04 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 36-51

Author(s):

Maryam Khokhar ◽

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Wasim Iqbal ◽

Yumei Hou ◽

Muhammad Irshad

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Management ◽

Firm Performance ◽

Supplier Selection ◽

Fuzzy Numbers ◽

Current Model ◽

Triple Bottom Line ◽

Bottom Line ◽

Chain Management ◽

Sustainable Supplier Selection

In the past ten years, sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) attach great importance due to consumers, for-profit and profitless organizations, laws and regulations to the social and corporate responsibilities of consumers, so it has been recognized by practitioners and scholars. Supplier selection, environmental effect like a lockdown, and social cooperation and other SSCM programs can play an important part in realizing the triple bottom line (TBL) of economic, environmental, social assistances. In supply chain management (SCM), the sustainable supplier selection (SSS) and firm performance plays an important role. Traditionally, when evaluating SSS performance, organizations will consider a new framework to obtain the overall criteria/sub-criteria of the sustainability index by encapsulating sustainability. In this paper 12 sub-criteria for 3 pillars of sustainability as economic, environment and social performance is collected. Although there are many articles on SSS and evaluation, so far, research on sustainability issues is very limited. This study endeavours to propose a fuzzy multi-criteria approach to discuss SSCM planning, and studies the issue of determining a current model for SSS in the supply chain during COVID-19 based on the TBL method. For express the linguistic value of the subjective preference of experts we use triangular fuzzy numbers. By using fuzzy numbers to find standard weights for qualitative performance evaluation, then fuzzy TOPSIS (Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution) is proposed to find the ranking of SSS. However, COVID-19 has a negative role in SSS and in firm performance. The situation of lockdown due to COVID-19 has a negative effect on the performance of the organizations. An example is given of the proposed method.

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Sustainable Supplier Selection and Order Allocation under Demand, Supplier Availability and Supplier Grading Uncertainties

Computers & Industrial Engineering ◽

10.1016/j.cie.2021.107811 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 107811

Author(s):

Zahra Sadat Hosseini ◽

Simme Douwe Flapper ◽

Mohammadali Pirayesh

Keyword(s):

Supplier Selection ◽

Order Allocation ◽

Sustainable Supplier Selection

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Integration of sustainability aspects in the supplier selection process: a case study from a German electronics firm

International Journal of Applied Research in Management and Economics ◽

10.33422/ijarme.v3i2.170 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 13-27

Author(s):

Rubén Medina Serrano ◽

Wanja Wellbrock ◽

María Reyes González Ramirez ◽

José Luis Gascó

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Management ◽

Supplier Selection ◽

Selection Process ◽

Research Work ◽

Academic Research ◽

Professional Activity ◽

Chain Management ◽

Sustainable Supplier Selection

The supplier selection process has become an important area of research and professional activity, and it is fundamental to understand the types and trends of research in this field. The appropriate supplier selection decision is a fundamental strategic process and plays an important role in supply chain management. In the last decade, academic research on sustainability has evolved rapidly in the supply chain literature. However, there has been scant opportunity for the research community to complete a global assessment of sustainable supplier selection activities to date. This paper seeks to address this need by exploring sustainability in supply chain management, developing a sustainable supplier selection framework with a tool for its operationalization to help managers evaluate supplier selection decisions. Our proposed model is based on the TOPSIS concept as a multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) model and is validated through a case study. This research work follows the best-in-class approach to comply with all applicable environmental regulations and laws in the supplier selection process.

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A bi-objective sustainable supplier selection and order allocation considering quantity discounts under disruption risks: A case study in plastic industry

Computers & Industrial Engineering ◽

10.1016/j.cie.2018.02.041 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 118 ◽

pp. 237-250 ◽

Cited By ~ 43

Author(s):

Armin Cheraghalipour ◽

Saba Farsad

Keyword(s):

Supplier Selection ◽

Quantity Discounts ◽

Order Allocation ◽

Sustainable Supplier Selection ◽

Plastic Industry ◽

Disruption Risks

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Fuzzy Goal Programming With Interval Type-2 for Solving Multi-Objective Sustainable Supplier Selection Problems

Handbook of Research on Recent Perspectives on Management, International Trade, and Logistics - Advances in Logistics, Operations, and Management Science ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-5886-7.ch010 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 164-197

Author(s):

Nurullah UMARUSMAN

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Goal Programming ◽

Supplier Selection ◽

De Novo ◽

Fuzzy Goal Programming ◽

Multi Objective ◽

Sustainable Supplier Selection ◽

Fuzzy Goal ◽

Interval Type

Supply chain management is going on changing and developing in line with the needs of the growing global supply chain. Performance of supply chain, considered as a whole so that businesses can accommodate these evolvements and change, needs to be improved in the long run. Actually, businesses work with suppliers complying with their policies from past to present. However, other dimensions of sustainability should be considered, as well as economic criteria when selecting suppliers. With the right supplier selection made in this respect, by contributing to the efficient functioning of the supply chain, it will increase customer satisfaction, and therefore, the enterprises will reach the goals they set. The solution of the multi-objective sustainable supplier selection problem has been realized by using the “satisfied optimal supplier design” algorithm, also called fuzzy goal programming, with de novo-based interval type-2 proposed in this study.

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