TY - JOUR
T1 - Embedding carbon impact assessment in multi-criteria supplier segmentation using ELECTRE TRI-rC
AU - Rezaei, Jafar
AU - Kadziński, Miłosz
AU - Tsimopoulou, V.
AU - Tavasszy, Lori
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - In the past decade, there has been an increasing interest in green supply chain management, which integrates environmental thinking into supply chain management. Assessing a supplier’s potential for improvement is very important when an organization wants to achieve certain environmental targets concerning their supply base, taking into account the limited resources available. In this paper, incorporating environmental evaluation criteria into a comprehensive supplier segmentation approach called ‘supplier potential matrix’ (SPM), a green supplier segmentation is proposed to segment the suppliers. Two overarching dimensions—supplier’s capabilities and supplier’s willingness—are used to evaluate the supplier’s green potential. The two dimensions are measured by multiple criteria. A sorting method called ELECTRE TRI-rC is used to solve the resulted multi-criteria decision-making problem. In order to make a more meaningful distinction, a simple method is also proposed to assess the suppliers with respect to the carbon footprint of the raw materials they supply. The results of this assessment are combined with the ones of the SPM, resulting in a more useful segmentation. The proposed model is applied to a sample containing the suppliers of a large international company.
AB - In the past decade, there has been an increasing interest in green supply chain management, which integrates environmental thinking into supply chain management. Assessing a supplier’s potential for improvement is very important when an organization wants to achieve certain environmental targets concerning their supply base, taking into account the limited resources available. In this paper, incorporating environmental evaluation criteria into a comprehensive supplier segmentation approach called ‘supplier potential matrix’ (SPM), a green supplier segmentation is proposed to segment the suppliers. Two overarching dimensions—supplier’s capabilities and supplier’s willingness—are used to evaluate the supplier’s green potential. The two dimensions are measured by multiple criteria. A sorting method called ELECTRE TRI-rC is used to solve the resulted multi-criteria decision-making problem. In order to make a more meaningful distinction, a simple method is also proposed to assess the suppliers with respect to the carbon footprint of the raw materials they supply. The results of this assessment are combined with the ones of the SPM, resulting in a more useful segmentation. The proposed model is applied to a sample containing the suppliers of a large international company.
KW - Corporate carbon footprint
KW - ELECTRE TRI-rC
KW - Green supply chain management
KW - MCDM
KW - Supplier evaluation
KW - Supplier potential matrix (SPM)
KW - Supplier segmentation
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U2 - 10.1007/s10479-017-2454-y
DO - 10.1007/s10479-017-2454-y
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85014574329
SN - 0254-5330
SP - 1
EP - 23
JO - Annals of Operations Research
JF - Annals of Operations Research
ER -