Sustainable benchmarking of supply chains: The case of the food industry

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1297-1317

  Yakovleva, Natalia ^a,d   Sarkis, Joseph ^b   Sloan, Thomas ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

analytic hierarchy process; food supply chain; performance measurement; supply chain management; sustainability

Indexed keywords

DATA COLLECTION; DATA TRANSFORMATION; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; EXPERT OPINION; FINANCIAL MEASURES; FOOD INDUSTRIES; IMPORTANCE RATING; MULTI-STAGE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; POLICY MAKERS; RESCALING; STATISTICAL DATAS; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; COMPETITION; FOOD SUPPLY; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

RATING;

EID: 84861091159     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2011.571926     Document Type: Article

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