Sustainable Supplier Evaluation and Selection of Fresh Agricultural Products Based on IFAHP-TODIM Model

Abstract

In recent years, increasing pollution of the ecological environment, excessive use of pesticides, and lack of effective management of agricultural product supply chains have made the problem of having a green and safe supply of fresh food increasingly prominent. The sustainability of the fresh agricultural products supply has become an inevitable focus in the development of agricultural enterprises. There are some problems in the supply chain of fresh agricultural products, such as scattered production sites and difficult logistics transportation, which makes it difficult for enterprises to choose reliable suppliers. Supplier selection is a key component of sustainable supply chain management, and the criteria for evaluating the quality of sustainable suppliers are often affected by economic, social, and environmental factors. Therefore, from the perspective of sustainability, based on triple bottom line theory and comprehensively considering the three aspects of society, environment, and economy, this paper proposes a novel evaluation index system for the selection of sustainable suppliers of fresh agricultural products. This paper innovatively integrates the intuition fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and TODIM (an acronym in Portuguese of interactive and multiple attribute decision-making), and these are applied to select sustainable suppliers. Finally, the integration method is applied to the example, and a sensitivity analysis is carried out to verify the validity of the evaluation model.

Evaluating green supply chain performance based on ESG and financial indicators

“…A green supply chain is not only economically viable but also environmentally friendly (Srivastava 2007;Li and Zhou 2022). Likewise, green supply chain management focuses on products, production processes, and supplier selection (Zhu and Sarkis 2004;Du et al, 2020), but also consider the potential costs and benefits among supply chain members (Zhu et al, 2012). The collective efforts of all stakeholders help companies mitigate the adverse environmental impact of logistics activities in their supply chain (Yang et al, 2013;Sosnowski 2022).…”

Indicators for Evaluating High-Quality Agricultural Development: Empirical Study from Yangtze River Economic Belt, China

“…Some scholars have constructed a comprehensive framework for sustainable agricultural development based on economic, social and environmental dimensions, see e.g. Baležentis et al ( 2021 ) and Du et al ( 2020 ). Chinese scholars generally construct the HQAD evaluation framework from the five dimensions of "innovation, coordination, green, openness and sharing", and measure and analyze the level, spatial correlation and influencing factors of HQAD in China, see e.g.…”

A Pythagorean Fuzzy Approach for Sustainable Supplier Selection Using TODIM

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