Sustainable supplier selection and order allocation for multinational enterprises considering supply disruption in COVID-19 era

Yifan Shao, David Barnes and Chong Wu
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Yifan Shao: School of Management, Xiamen University, Xiamen, P.R. China
David Barnes: Westminster Business School, University of Westminster, London, UK
Chong Wu: School of Management, Xiamen University, Xiamen, P.R. China

Australian Journal of Management, 2023, vol. 48, issue 2, 284-322

Abstract: The unprecedented outbreak of COVID-19 has left many multinational enterprises facing extremely severe supply disruptions. Besides considering triple-bottom-line requirements, managers now also have to consider supply disruption due to the pandemic more seriously. However, existing research does not take these two key objectives into account simultaneously. To bridge this research gap, based on the characteristics of COVID-19 and similar global emergency events, this article proposes a model that aims to solve the problem of sustainable supplier selection and order allocation considering supply disruption in the COVID-19 era. It does so by using a multi-stage multi-objective optimization model applied to the different stages of development and spread of the pandemic. Then, a novel nRa-NSGA-II algorithm is proposed to solve the high-dimensional multi-objective optimization model. The applicability and effectiveness of the proposed model is illustrated in a well-known multinational producer of shortwave therapeutic instruments. JEL Classification: M11

Keywords: COVID-19; multi-stage multi-objective optimization; nRa-NSGA-II; order allocation; supply disruption; sustainable supplier selection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/03128962211066953

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