Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for Sustainable Medicinal Supply Chain Problems with Adaptability and Challenges Issues

Alaa Fouad Momena (), Kamal Hossain Gazi and Sankar Prasad Mondal
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Alaa Fouad Momena: Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al Kharaj 11942, Saudi Arabia
Kamal Hossain Gazi: Department of Applied Mathematics, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal, Haringhata 741249, West Bengal, India
Sankar Prasad Mondal: Department of Applied Mathematics, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal, Haringhata 741249, West Bengal, India

Logistics, 2025, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-32

Abstract: Background: The supply chain refers to the full process of creating and providing a good or service, starting with the raw materials and ending with the final customer. It requires cooperation and coordination between many parties, including the suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and customers. Methods: In the medicinal supply chain (MSC), the critical nature of these processes becomes more complicated. It requires strict regulation, quality control, and traceability to ensure patient safety and compliance with regulatory standards. This study is conducted to suggest a smooth channel to deal with the challenges and adaptability of the MSC. Different MSC challenges are considered as criteria which deal with various adaptation plans. Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methodologies are taken as optimization tools and probabilistic linguistic term sets (PLTSs) are considered for express uncertainty. Results: The subscript degree function (SDF) and deviation degree function (DDF) are introduced to evaluate the crisp value of the PLTSs. An MSC model is constructed to optimize the sustainable medicinal supply chain and overcome various barriers to MSC problems. Conclusions: Additionally, sensitivity analysis and comparative analysis were conducted to check the robustness and flexibility of the system. Finally, the conclusion section determines the optimal weighted criteria for the MSC problem and identifies the best possible solutions for MSC using PLTS-based MCDM methodologies.

Keywords: supply chain management; medicinal supply chain; PLTS; CRITIC; MOORA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L8 L80 L81 L86 L87 L9 L90 L91 L92 L93 L98 L99 M1 M10 M11 M16 M19 R4 R40 R41 R49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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