Green Supplier Selection Based on Green Practices Evaluated Using Fuzzy Approaches of TOPSIS and ELECTRE with a Case Study in a Chinese Internet Company

Qu, Guohua; Zhang, Zhijie; Qu, Wei; Zhang, Xu

doi:10.3390/ijerph17093268

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“…Therefore, it is understood that the expert team performing the evaluation is quite competent in the strategies to be developed for hydrogen energy investment. In lots of different studies in which fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making methods are considered, three different experts made evaluations [65][66][67][68]. This situation is quite similar in most of the studies related to energy investment [69][70][71][72].…”

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confidence: 86%

Analysis of Strategic Directions in Sustainable Hydrogen Investment Decisions

Yüksel

et al. 2020

Sustainability

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This study seeks to find the appropriate strategies necessary to make sustainable and effective hydrogen energy investments. Within this scope, nine different criteria are defined regarding social, managerial, and financial factors. A hesitant, interval-valued, intuitionistic fuzzy (IVIF) decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) methodology is considered to calculate the degree of importance of the criteria. Additionally, impact relation maps are also generated to visualize the causality relationship between the factors. The findings indicate that the technical dimension has the greatest importance in comparison to managerial and financial factors. Furthermore, it is also concluded that storage and logistics, research and development, and technological infrastructure are the most significant factors to be considered when defining hydrogen energy investment strategies. Hence, before investing in hydrogen energy, necessary actions should be taken to minimize the storage and logistic costs. Among them, building the production site close to the usage area will contribute significantly to this purpose. In this way, possible losses during the transportation of hydrogen can be minimized. Moreover, it is essential to identify the lowest-cost hydrogen storage method by carrying out the necessary research and development activities, thereby increasing the sustainability and effectiveness of hydrogen energy investment projects.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 86%

Analysis of Strategic Directions in Sustainable Hydrogen Investment Decisions

Yüksel

et al. 2020

Sustainability

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“…The ANP is a generalization of the AHP which is applied when decision problems cannot be structured hierarchically [20], while the number of matrices considerably increase, making the inconsistency issue become a more serious concern [21]. ELECTRE requires an accurate measurement of performance levels and standard weights that cannot be accurately measured in many real-world problems [22], while TOPSIS has the facility to be integrated with fuzzy theory to deal with bias caused by vagueness and ambiguity in the decision-making process [23].…”

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Hybrid AHP-Fuzzy TOPSIS Approach for Selecting Deep Excavation Support System

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This paper introduces and further applies an approach to support the decision makers in construction projects differentiating among a variety of deep excavation supporting systems (DESSs). These kinds of problems include dealing with uncertainty in data, multi-criteria affecting the decision, and multi-alternatives to select one from them. The proposed approach combines the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) with the fuzzy technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (fuzzy TOPSIS) in a multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) model. The MCDM model emphasize the ability to combine expert knowledge, cost calculations, and laboratory test results for soil properties to achieve the scope. The model proved it had a superior ability to deal with the complexity and vague data that are related to construction projects. Furthermore, it was applied to a real case study for a governmental housing project in Egypt. Secant pile walls, sheet pile walls, and soldier piles and lagging are selected and studied as being the most common DESSs and as they satisfy the project requirements. The model utilized four criteria and fourteen comparing factors, including site characteristics, safety, cost, and environmental impacts. Based on the results of the model application on the investigated case study, a decision was reached that using secant piles as a supporting system in this project is mostly preferred. Furthermore, sheet pile wall, and soldier piles and lagging, come next in the ranking order. A sensitivity analysis is carried out to investigate how sensitive the results are to the criteria weights. In addition, the paper discusses in detail the reasons and factors which affect and control the decision-making process.

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“…Shaw et al (2012) proposed FAHP and then applies fuzzy multi-objective programming to supplier selection. Qu et al (2020) explored green supplier selection based on green practices using fuzzy approaches of TOPSIS and ELECTRE. Mahmoudi et al (2020) explored sustainable supplier selection using Ordinal Priority Approach in mega-projects.…”

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Supplier evaluation with order allocation in mega-projects

Yadegari

Darestani

2021

MRR

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to provide a model for evaluating, prioritizing and allocating orders to suppliers in the supply chain for mega-projects. Design/methodology/approach By using an integrated model (based on fuzzy analytic network process), suppliers are selected and the appropriate amounts are allocated to them in mega-projects. Initially, a hierarchical model of the research method was introduced. Then, the results on reliability and validity analysis of research measurement tools were presented. Finally, prioritization and allocation of orders to suppliers, with a case study of Iran Mall project, was carried out using Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) and analytic network process (ANP). T-test was used to evaluate the research hypotheses. Findings The findings were examined against conventional numerical analysis techniques. Finally, implication and recommendations for future work were presented. Originality/value The originality of this work is about using multi-criteria decision-making techniques for evaluating suppliers in mega-projects.

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Green Supplier Selection Based on Green Practices Evaluated Using Fuzzy Approaches of TOPSIS and ELECTRE with a Case Study in a Chinese Internet Company

Cited by 60 publications

References 52 publications

Analysis of Strategic Directions in Sustainable Hydrogen Investment Decisions

Analysis of Strategic Directions in Sustainable Hydrogen Investment Decisions

Hybrid AHP-Fuzzy TOPSIS Approach for Selecting Deep Excavation Support System

Supplier evaluation with order allocation in mega-projects

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