Integrating sustainability into supplier selection with analytical hierarchy process and improved grey relational analysis: a case of telecom industry

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 90, Issue 9-12, 2017, Pages 2413-2427

  Badri Ahmadi, Hadi ^a   Hashemi Petrudi, Seyed Hamid ^b   Wang, Xuping ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process (AHP); Grey relational analysis (GRA); Supplier selection; Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM)

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; GREY RELATIONAL ANALYSES (GRA); GREY RELATIONAL ANALYSIS; SUPPLIER SELECTION; SUPPLY CHAIN SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLIER SELECTIONS; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84991380420     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-016-9518-z     Document Type: Article

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