A fuzzy multi criteria approach for evaluating green supplier's performance in green supply chain with linguistic preferences

Lixin Shen, Laya Olfat, Kannan Govindan, Roohollah Khodaverdi, Ali Diabat

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Abstract

Today's international business environment has forced many firms to focus on supply chain management to gain a competitive advantage. During recent years, supplier selection process in the supply chain has become a key strategic consideration. With the growing worldwide awareness of environmental protection and the corresponding increase in legislation and regulations, green purchasing has become an important issue for companies to gain environmental sustainability. Traditionally, companies consider criteria such as price, quality and lead time, when evaluating supplier performance and do not give enough attention to environmental criteria as a means to evaluate suppliers. Now, many companies have begun to implement green supply chain management (GSCM) and to consider environmental issues and the measurement of their suppliers’ environmental performance. This paper examines GSCM to propose a fuzzy multi criteria approach for green suppliers’ evaluation. We apply fuzzy set theory to translate the subjective human perceptions into a solid crisp value. These linguistic preferences are combined through fuzzy TOPSIS to generate an overall performance score for each supplier. A numerical example is presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)170-179
Number of pages10
JournalResources, Conservation and Recycling
Volume74
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Environmental performance
  • Fuzzy set theory
  • Green supply chain management
  • Supplier selection
  • TOPSIS

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Waste Management and Disposal
  • Economics and Econometrics

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