A methodology to select suppliers to increase sustainability within supply chains

María-José Verdecho (), Faustino Alarcón-Valero, David Pérez-Perales, Juan-José Alfaro-Saiz and Raúl Rodríguez-Rodríguez
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María-José Verdecho: Universitat Politècnica de València
Faustino Alarcón-Valero: Universitat Politècnica de València
David Pérez-Perales: Universitat Politècnica de València
Juan-José Alfaro-Saiz: Universitat Politècnica de València
Raúl Rodríguez-Rodríguez: Universitat Politècnica de València

Central European Journal of Operations Research, 2021, vol. 29, issue 4, No 4, 1251 pages

Abstract: Abstract Sustainability practice within supply chains remains in an early development phase. Enterprises still need tools that support the integration of sustainability strategy into their activity, and to align their sustainability strategy with the supplier selection process. This paper proposes a methodology using a multi-criteria technique to support supplier selection decisions by taking two groups of inputs that integrate sustainability performance: supply chain performance and supplier assessment criteria. With the proposed methodology, organisations will have a tool to select suppliers based on their development towards sustainability and on their alignment with the supply chain strategy towards sustainability. The methodology is applied to an agri-food supply chain to assess sustainability in the supplier selection process.

Keywords: Supplier selection; Sustainability; Supply chain; Performance; Agri-food (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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