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Environmental science and pollution research international
Jan, 2022;29 (5): 6793-6811.

The green-agile supplier selection problem for the medical devices: a hybrid fuzzy decision-making approach.

Fatemeh Alamroshan, Mahyar La'li, Mohsen Yahyaei
Author Information
  1. Fatemeh Alamroshan: Department of Industrial Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol, Iran.
  2. Mahyar La'li: Department of Industrial Engineering, Mazandaran University of Science and Technology, Babol, Iran.
  3. Mohsen Yahyaei: Département de mathématiques et de génie industriel, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada. mohsen.yahyaei@polymtl.ca.
PMID: 34462856 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-14690-z

Abstract

The supplier selection problem (SSP) is known as one of the major issues in the supply chain management area. In this field, the literature shows that the combination of green and agile indicators has been ignored by researchers. Hence, this research attempts to study the SSP considering green and agile aspects, simultaneously. To do this, an efficient hybrid fuzzy decision-making approach is developed based on the Fuzzy Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (FDEMATEL), Fuzzy Best-Worst Method (FBWM), Fuzzy Analytic Network Process (FANP), and Fuzzy Vlse Kriterijumsk Optimizacija Kompromisno Resenje (FVIKOR) methods. Then, to show the efficiency and application of the proposed approach, a case study in the medical devices industry is investigated. After determining the main indicators and alternatives, the interrelationships between indicators are identified employing FDEMATEL. Then, the weights of indicators are calculated using integrated FBWM-FANP. Finally, the potential suppliers are ranked applying FVIKOR. Based on the obtained results, price and greenness are the more important aspects and also material costs, environmental performance evaluation, manufacture flexibility, service level, and system reliability are the most important criteria for the green-agile supplier selection problem in the medical devices industry. Since all of the consistency ratios are less than 0.1, the reliability of the results is proved. On the other side, the results of conducting sensitivity analysis show that by changing the defuzzification methods, there is no significant change in the obtained results that demonstrates the validity of the proposed approach. Eventually, based on the obtained results, suppliers #1 and #5 are the best suppliers for the considered company.

Keywords

Agile supplier selection DEMATEL Green supplier selection Hybrid decision-making Medical devices VIKOR

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MeSH Term

Commerce
Fuzzy Logic
Industry
Reproducibility of Results
Journal Article

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