scholarly journals A fuzzy AHP-TOPSIS approach to supply partner selection in continuous aid humanitarian supply chains

2018 ◽  
Vol 283 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1517-1550 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. G. Venkatesh ◽  
Abraham Zhang ◽  
Eric Deakins ◽  
Sunil Luthra ◽  
S. Mangla
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Fuzzy Ahp ◽  
Partner Selection ◽  
Humanitarian Supply Chains ◽  
Topsis Approach

A fuzzy AHP-TOPSIS approach for green logistics instruments ranking

2020 ◽  
pp. 3-14
Author(s):  
Nikita Anatolyevich Osintsev ◽  
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Alexander Nelyevich Rakhmangulov ◽  
Alexander Valentinovich Sladkowski ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Fuzzy Ahp ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Green Logistics ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
Flow Control System ◽  
Topsis Approach ◽  
Measurement And Evaluation ◽  
Green Supply Chains ◽  
Insufficient Knowledge

The effective concept implementation of sustainable development in logistics and supply chain management is based on the use of management decision-making methods for changing the parameters of logistics flows using the green logistics instruments. Decisions should be made based on the measurement and evaluation of the indicators of these flows. The complexity of managing green supply chains is associated with insufficient knowledge of the system of logistics flows indicators and parameters, as well as methods and instruments for influencing these indicators. In the paper the use of the fuzzy AHP-TOPSIS method for evaluating the performance of logistics flows in green supply chains is considered, as well as ranking of green logistics instruments, taking into account the degree of influence on logistics flows indicators. The work presents a calculation implementation example in the logistics flow control system of the procedure for ranking green logistic instruments.

scholarly journals Prioritizing the Solutions to Reverse Logistics Barriers for the E-Commerce Industry in Pakistan Based on a Fuzzy AHP-TOPSIS Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 12743
Author(s):  
Muhammad Hamza Naseem ◽  
Jiaqi Yang ◽  
Ziquan Xiang
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Fuzzy Ahp ◽  
Pairwise Comparison ◽  
Fuzzy Topsis ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Forward Logistics ◽  
Reverse Logistics Management ◽  
Topsis Approach

In the past few years, reverse logistics practices have successfully managed to gain more attention in various industries and among supply chain researchers and experts. This is due to globalization, environmental concerns, and customer requirements, which have asserted industries’ concerns for reverse logistics management. In E-commerce, the process of reverse logistics originates with parcel refusal, undelivered goods, and exchanges. In developing countries like Pakistan, the adoption and implications of reverse logistics are still at their early stages. E-commerce companies give more attention to forward logistics and ignore logistics’ upstream flow in the supply chain. This study aims to identify, as well as list, the barriers and obtain the solutions to those identified barriers, and rank the barriers and their solutions so that logisticians and experts can solve them as per their priority. From the extensive literature review and experts’ opinions, we have found 14 barriers in implementing effective reverse logistics. Eight solutions to those barriers were also found from the literature review. This paper proposed the methodology based on fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (fuzzy-AHP), which used to get the weights of each barrier by using pairwise comparison, and fuzzy technique for order performance by similarity to ideal solution (fuzzy-TOPSIS) method, which was adopted for the final ranking of solutions to reverse logistics. The case of the Pakistan E-commerce industry is used in the proposed method.

scholarly journals Designing Sustainable Humanitarian Supply Chains

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen S.Y. CHEN
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Design Science ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chain ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Sustainable Operations ◽  
Sustainability Performance ◽  
Humanitarian Supply Chains ◽  
Humanitarian Operations ◽  
Humanitarian Supply Chain

This is a multidisciplinary study on operationalizing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in humanitarian operations through supply chain management methods. It is motivated by the belief that for SDGs to be pursued in humanitarian operations, they need to be contextualized in the idiosyncratic settings and approached systematically. Towards this end, this paper develops and operationalizes a strategic sustainable humanitarian supply chain framework using the design science approach. The study starts with analyzing the humanitarian operations characteristics and identifying the critical supply chain capabilities required for sustainable operations. It then re-conceptualizes sustainability in the humanitarian context and proposes a formula of sustainability performance in humanitarian operations. After that, the humanitarian supply chain structural components are delineated and decomposed into operational elements in order to identify the configurations that lead to optimal sustainability performance. The findings then converge into a framework to enable the identification of context-contingent sustainable supply chain strategies in humanitarian operations. This paper makes three contributions to SDG research: 1) it contextualizes sustainability in the humanitarian setting through postulating the concept and formula of net sustainability value as the single bottom line in humanitarian operations; 2) it increases operationality of SDGs in the humanitarian sector through the design of a strategic framework for sustainable humanitarian supply chains; and 3) it increases the interdisciplinarity of SDG research by using a generic supply chain framework that can be applied to integrate multilevel multidisciplinary sustainability studies.

Developing a new chance constrained NDEA model to measure the performance of humanitarian supply chains

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 662-682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Izadikhah ◽  
Majid Azadi ◽  
Vahid Shokri Kahi ◽  
Reza Farzipoor Saen
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Humanitarian Supply Chains

Military Involvement in Humanitarian Supply Chains

2012 ◽  
pp. 1371-1394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Barber
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
Financial Systems ◽  
Humanitarian Supply Chains ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Operations Other Than War ◽  
The Military

The purpose of this chapter is to demonstrate the multitude of activities that military logisticians can provide throughout the various stages in relief supply chains. Most military joint doctrine identifies humanitarian assistance (HA) as one of the “Military Operations Other Than War” (MOOTW) that military personnel are trained to undertake. Part of this HA involves contributing to humanitarian supply chains and logistics management. The supply chain management processes, physical flows, as well as associated information and financial systems form part of the military contributions that add to other aid in the relief supply chain. The main roles of the military to relief supply chains include security and protection, distribution, and engineering. Examples of these key contributions will be provided in this chapter.

scholarly journals Agility in humanitarian supply chain: an organizational information processing perspective and relational view

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rameshwar Dubey ◽  
David J. Bryde ◽  
Cyril Foropon ◽  
Gary Graham ◽  
Mihalis Giannakis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Disaster Relief ◽  
Humanitarian Supply Chains ◽  
Humanitarian Organizations ◽  
Disaster Relief Operations ◽  
Organizational Information ◽  
Swift Trust ◽  
Relief Operations

Abstract Humanitarian organizations are increasingly facing challenges in terms of improving the efficiency and the effectiveness of their disaster relief efforts. These challenges often arise due to a lack of trust, poor collaboration and an inability to respond to disaster affected areas in a timely manner. Our study attempts to understand how these challenges are overcome by seeking answers to questions related to the topics of swift-trust, collaboration and agility in humanitarian supply chains. For instance, in our study we have attempted to examine how information sharing and supply chain visibility in humanitarian supply chains improve the swift-trust among the humanitarian actors engaged in disaster relief operations. Further, we attempt to understand how-swift trust, commitment and collaboration among the humanitarian actors improve the agility in humanitarian supply chains. In our study we provide both theoretical and data-driven answers to our stated research gaps. Our theoretical model is firmly grounded in organizational information process theory and relational view. We tested our research hypotheses using variance based structural equation modelling with survey data collected using a web based pre-tested instrument from 147 NGOs respondents drawn from the National Disaster Management Authority database. Our results help to advance the theoretical debates surrounding “swift-trust”, “collaboration” and “agility” in humanitarian settings. We further provide direction to managers engaged in disaster relief operations. The humanitarian actors engaged in disaster relief often fail to understand how to build swift-trust. Moreover, how swift-trust further affects commitment and collaboration which in turn further affect agility in humanitarian supply chains. Thus humanitarian organizations must understand how information sharing and supply chain visibility is key to swift-trust among humanitarian actors and agility in humanitarian supply chains. Finally, we outline the limitations of our study and offer some future research directions for investigation.

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