A fuzzy goal programming approach is applied in this paper for solving the vendor selection problem withmultiple objectives, in which some of the parameters are fuzzy in nature. A vendor selection problem has beenformulated as a fuzzy mixed integer goal programming vendor selection problem that...

In the recent era, the rapidly increasing trend of e-commerce business creates opportunities for logistics service providers to grow globally. With this growth, the concern regarding the implementation of sustainability in logistic networks has received attention in recent years. Thus, in this...

The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) of Saaty (1980) is a popular method for solving multi-criteria decision problems involving qualitative data, and has been applied to the vendor selection process (Nydick and Hill, 1992; Barbarosoglu and Yazgac, 1997; Narasimhan, 1983; and Masella and Rangone, 2000). AHP...

India is becoming a global manufacturing hub. Increasing demand in domestic and international markets is opening a new world of opportunities for the Indian Industry. Increasing competition, due to globalization is making inevitable for the Indian industries to provide cost effective quality...

Purpose: The primary objective of this paper is to show how mathematical modeling can be used for solving a third party logistics (3PL) allocation problem.Design/methodology/approach: The solution approach consists of finding a compromise solution for the six different strategies, defined in the...

A fuzzy goal programming approach is applied in this paper for solving the vendor selection problem with multiple objectives, in which some of the parameters are fuzzy in nature. A vendor selection problem has been formulated as a fuzzy mixed integer goal programming vendor selection problem...

Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) has received growing attention in the last few years. Due to public awareness, economic, environmental, or legislative reasons, the requirement of GSCM has increased. The Indian leather industry is considered to be the most polluted industry in India in terms...