Prioritizing suppliers in green supply chain by using VIKOR method

zahra hazrati yadkouri¹ Seyed Mohammad Hossein Hojjati²

1) M.S. degree in industrial engineering, Shiraz Islamic Azad University, Iran
2) (Ph.D.), Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran

IOI Code : XYCG-AEAAA
Publication : international conference of Management Elites(icme.ir)
Abstract :
    Suppliers play an important role in achieving the objectives of supply chain. Green Supply Chain (GSC) is a kind of supply chain that compliance with environmental requirements and products are back into the supply chain after their shelf life. The aim of this research is to use a suitable tool to select and prioritize suppliers of green supply chain in a rubber plant. For this purpose, first by literature review, important criteria in supplier selection were identified. Then by opinion of experts in the field of green supply chain also localization criteria, eleven criteria including ISO14000 certificate, eco-friendly design and ... were chosen. Then, by analyzing the results of paired comparisons questionnaire, with the help of AHP method, relative weights of the criteria was obtained. Finally, with the use of VIKOR method, suppliers of zinc oxide in the rubber plant were prioritized. In order to improve the environmental issues, results of this study were submitted to rubber plant management. In this research, for calculating and data analyzing, Excel, Expert Choice and Matlab softwares were used.

Keywords : green supply chain prioritizing suppliers rubber plant zinc oxide vikor ahp