Rank reversal in Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) due to introduction or removal of a new alternative is well documented in literature. However, rank reversal due to the aggregation of benefit and cost criteria has not been addressed with requisite rigour. This paper demonstrates a new type of...

Sustainable procurement is steering today’s supply chains towards responsible business practices. This research aims to examine the trend in the sustainability performance of large enterprises for supplier selection across supply chain tiers and geographic locations. Secondary data on 83...

Supply chain risk propagation is a cascading effect of risks on global supply chain networks. The paper attempts to measure the behaviour of risks following the assessment of supply chain risk propagation. Bayesian network theory is used to analyse the multi-echelon network faced with...

Purpose - The aim of the study is to find a sustainable facility location solution for a closed loop distribution network in the uncertain environment created by of high levels of product returns from online retailing coupled with growing pressure to reduce carbon...

Rank reversal in Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) due to introduction or removal of a new alternative is well documented in literature. However, rank reversal due to the aggregation of benefit and cost criteria has not been addressed with requisite rigour. This paper demonstrates a new type of...

Effects of the various concentrations of salt (0.5–12 g/L NaCl), surfactants (0.005–0.12 g/L LAS), and their co-presence on fermentative volatile fatty acids (VFAs) production from kitchen wastewater were investigated. VFAs production declined by 17–84% with increasing salt concentration...