Application of a novel PROMETHEE-based method for construction of a group compromise ranking to prioritization of green suppliers in food supply chain

Omega (United Kingdom)

Volumn 71, Issue , 2017, Pages 129-145

  Govindan, Kannan ^a   Kadziński, Miłosz ^b   Sivakumar, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c SSM INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Compromise ranking; Food industry; Green supplier selection; Multiple criteria decision analysis; PROMETHEE; Robustness analysis

Indexed keywords

CATERING SERVICE; FOOD INDUSTRY; PURCHASING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 85007482807     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2016.10.004     Document Type: Article

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