The supplier selection problem (SSP) is a significant issue in renewable supply chain management (RSCM). Selecting a strategic green supplier can not only discover the sustainable development of supply chains but also optimize the consumption rate of resources and decrease the negative...

In this paper geographic information system (GIS) is introduced into the site selection planning of integrated energy stations, and a location decision model is built based on GIS & improved TOPSIS. In order to verify this for the feasibility of the model, Tianjin, China is selected as a...

In this study, a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) tool was used to evaluate three seawater desalination alternatives for a rural area of Queensland, Australia, in terms of technical, economic, environmental, health and quality aspects. The studied alternatives encompassed standalone reverse...

Annually, large amounts of hazardous materials (hazmat) are transported through the roads and this movement causes various accidents. Identifying the causes of these accidents is a critical issue for all public governments.This study aimed to identify the effective risk factors for hazmat road...

Despite the importance of relying on renewable energy sources, oil-producing countries, especially Iran, encounter numerous risks associated with the generation of such energy sources. The present study investigated the risks in renewable energy in Iran. As the first investigation addressing...

Sanitation facilities are one of the major aspects of an urban area which has paramount importance on the quality of life and environment. The city of Khulna, 3rd largest city of Bangladesh, contains 8.14% slum of total area where poor sanitation facilities exist. Different Government and NGOs...

The medical device industry is uniquely characterized by both resourceful global companies and innovative catching-up companies. The studies by Chatterji have analyzed how large and established medical device companies could better utilize the ideas from innovative groups such as physicians....

Rapid urban population growth stimulates the challenges of city government authorities in providing the municipal services adequately considering the citizen's demand. While the gap persists between the service provision and citizen's perception on it, the quality of life of cities may...

The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected the world’s manufacturing industry, particularly in terms of the continued increase in logistics costs that has led to an increase in business operating costs. This study proposes a two-stage model for evaluating the most appropriate outsourcing...

With progressions in technology and high demand for value, business model designs based on cooperative systems are essential for innovative manufacturing servitization. Previous studies, which focused on product innovation or specific industries, either lacked standardized steps or promoted...

Supplier risks have attracted significant attention in the supply chain risk management literature. In this article, we propose a new computational system based on the "Fuzzy Extended Analytic Hierarchy Process (FEAHP)" method for supplier selection while considering the relevant risks. We...

This research mainly aims to provide a practical method to (1) rank a firm's customers, (2) determine the implied uncertainty for customers’ demand, and (3) allocate supply chain (SC) resources for meeting customer demands in an equitable manner in order to provide them with an...

The economic crisis of 2008 has highlighted the ineffectiveness of the banks in their disbursement of mortgages which caused the spread of Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) with underlying real estate. With the methods stated by the Basel III agreements, aimed at improving the capital requirements of...

Nowadays business communities are vulnerable to risk, because risk is not only inherent in every activity or business process of the company but also arise in various forms and types. Risks that occur in each company might be different and can present in various forms and cause negative impacts....

This article presents an indicator weighting method for constructing composite indices to assess sustainable development at the subnational level. The study uses an analytic hierarchy process (AHP), which is considered relevant, since it establishes links between the indicators that make up the...

Managing supply chain volatility (SCV) is often identified as one of the major challenges of modern supply chain management. While research has predominantly focused on describing the multidimensional areas of SCV and its negative impacts, clear guidelines on how to manage SCV for efficiency,...

The main aim of this article is to propose a new supply chain (SC) design methodology in order to enable organizations to better utilize their resources and structure their SC drivers to achieve the desired level of responsiveness and efficiency. A great challenge in this endeavor is that the SC...

This paper presents the application of expert decision methods for the formulation and prioritization of the long-term economic, social and environmental policies in the Slovak Republic. The Partnership Agreement for the Slovak Republic (PA) is an underlying strategy for investments from the...

Because of the importance of omnichannel services in today's consumer markets, B2C organizations have a high demand for management instruments that support the organizational development of omnichannel capabilities. Prior literature acknowledges that the shift to omnichannel paradigm demands not...

Organizations are unable to develop the effectiveness of their collective wisdom without the voluntary willingness of individuals to cooperate. To this end, the ever-changing conditions, increasing competition, and the need for organizations to be more efficient have highlighted the need for a...

The aim of this paper is to analyse the development strategies of an innovative Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for sustainable and responsible investments (SRI). This contribution represents a premiere for the Romanian capital market, an emerging market with low liquidity and limited...

In this study, performance and its basic concepts, efficiency, and productivity, are explained and performance measurement methods are discussed. The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used to measure efficiency in multi-criteria problems and to determine the weights of criteria for...