Showing 8 results for Sustainability
Arash Nobari, Amir Saman Kheirkhah, Maryam Esmaeili,
Volume 27, Issue 4 (12-2016)
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Flexible and dynamic supply chain network design problem has been studied by many researchers during past years. Since integration of short-term and long-term decisions in strategic planning leads to more reliable plans, in this paper a multi-objective model for a sustainable closed-loop supply chain network design problem is proposed. The planning horizon of this model contains multiple strategic periods so that the structure of supply chain can be changed dynamically during the planning horizon. Furthermore, in order to have an integrated design, several short-term decisions are considered besides strategic network design decision. One of these short-term decisions is determining selling price and buying price in the forward and reverse logistics of supply chain, respectively. Finally, an augmented e-constraint method is used to transform the problem to a single-objective model and an imperialist competitive algorithm is presented to solve large scale problems. The results’ analysis indicates the efficiency of the proposed model for the integrated and dynamic supply chain network design problem.
Mohammad Mahdi Paydar, Amir Arabsheybani, Abdul Sattar Safaei,
Volume 28, Issue 1 (3-2017)
Abstract
Recently, sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) has become one of the important subjects in the industry and academia. Supplier selection, as a strategic decision, plays a significant role in SSCM. Researchers use different multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods to evaluate and select sustainable suppliers. In the previous studies, evaluation is solely based on the desirable features of suppliers and their risks are neglected. Therefore, current research uses failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) as a risk analysis technique to consider supplier's risk in combination with the MCDM method. Practically, this study operated in two main stages. In the first stage, the score of the suppliers obtains by integration Fuzzy MOORA and FMEA. In the second stage, the output of the previous stage used as input parameters in developed mix-integer linear programming to select suppliers and order optimum quantity. Finally, to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach, a case study in a chemical industry and sensitivity analysis is presented.
Mohammad Esfehani Zanjani, Amir Najafi, Ahmad Naghilou, Nabiollah Mohammadi,
Volume 32, Issue 3 (9-2021)
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Sustainability is now increasingly recognized as an effective strategy to deal with the current challenges of global supply chains. Supply chains of the lead and zinc industries are most important. Because these two industries not only are among the high-risk in different countries, including Iran, but also can affect economic, social, and environmental sustainability. On the other hand, identifying and assessing the critical risks of supply chains have been less addressed in recent studies. This study aimed to identify and assess critical risks of sustainable supply chains (SSCs) in the Iranian lead and zinc industry. This study was a mixed-method (qualitative and quantitative) descriptive survey. Based on the literature, 24 risk factors that affect supply chain sustainability were identified, out of which 20 critical risk factors were confirmed in two steps by reviewing experts’ comments and the data obtained from in-depth interviews and questionnaires. The validity of questionnaires is verified based on the opinions of a group of 5 experts in the first step and another group of 17 experts and professionals of the lead and zinc industry in the second. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the questionnaires was calculated to be 0.837, indicating the reliability of the questionnaires. The risk factors were analyzed using the Risk Priority Number (RPN), fuzzy DEMATEL, and risk matrices. Based on the results, “lack of technological/knowledge sustainability”, “price and cost fluctuations”, “inflation and exchange rates” and “environmental pollution” were the most important risk factors in the supply chain of the Iranian lead and zinc industry.
Sara Motevali Haghighi, Sima Motevali Haghighi,
Volume 33, Issue 2 (6-2022)
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In today's world, COVID-19 pandemic has affected many organizations. Pandemic issues have created financial and social problems for businesses. Crisis and risk management have a significant impact on reducing consequences of pandemics. Rapid response to risk enhances the performance of organizations in times of crisis. Therefore, a framework to provide risk treatment in a pandemic crisis seems essential. To do this, this paper presents a framework to identify risk factors posed by pandemics. In this regard comprehensive risk factors by considering sustainability concept are illustrated for university. Then, identified risk factors are evaluated by best–worst methodology (BWM) and then the important risks are recognized. Using the importance of risk and the strengths and weaknesses of the business, solutions to reduce the impact of risk are suggested to managers. The results of this paper can be used in order to enhance resiliency of the organization in front of the pandemics from social and financial viewpoints.
Samira Baratian, Abdul Sattar Safaei, Fariba Goodarzian,
Volume 34, Issue 4 (12-2023)
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Online group buying emerged as one of the most successful online business models. Online group buying refers to the online buying community's purchase of products and services significantly reduced from the regular retail price. According to previous studies, many factors can affect purchase intention on such a platform. This study developed a model that explains the factors influencing purchase intention in an online group buying website, it also proposed a model to study online group buying sustainability from the customer perspective. It considers the impact of sustainability dimensions, customer satisfaction, and website quality on customers' intention to buy. This study examines three dimensions of social, economic, and environmental factors on customers' intention to buy from online group buying websites for the first time. This study also addressed the related relationship between the sustainability dimensions in such a platform. The results show that each social, economic, and environmental dimension positively affects customer satisfaction. Moreover, the sustainability dimensions positively influence the purchase intention, while the environmental dimension has less impact, and the studied online group buying customers pay less attention to it, also, the satisfaction and quality of the website affect the purchase intention.
Ag Kaifah Riyard Kiflee, Nornajihah Nadia Hasbullah, Faerozh Madli,
Volume 35, Issue 2 (6-2024)
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Over the years, the attention given to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability topics has received a lot of attention significantly and various new terms have been introduced. This result has sparked a wide-ranging and unspecified discussion, particularly in the fields of economics and business management. The presents of functional CSR and sustainability enable management to make better decisions for the benefit of the entire society. As a result, understanding the topic of interest and broadening research collaboration are critical for advancing research development. The purpose of this study is to identify global research trends in CSR and sustainability based on publication numbers, co-authorship, affiliated countries, and keyword co-occurrences. This study used RTools and Prisma for its analysis. The findings indicate a significant rise in the number of articles published in the field of corporate social responsibility and sustainability since 2015. The USA contributed more than half of the publications, with Italy and Spain following closely behind.
Nia Budi Puspitasari, Anggit Kurnia Alfiati Devytasari, Aries Susanty ,
Volume 36, Issue 1 (3-2025)
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 12 promotes environmentally responsible consumption and production. One of its sub-objectives is to improve sustainable public procurement practices, in line with national policies and priorities. Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) is a process of public organizations carrying out goods/services procurement activities that consider economic, social, and environmental aspects. This study identifies and evaluates the factors that drive the implementation of SPP in Yogyakarta Provinces, and seeks recommended solutions based on these driving factors. The respondents selected as the object of this study were 30 procurement actors in Yogyakarta Province. In this study, the driving factors for the application of SPP were divided into 6 factors with 22 subfactors. The analysis method used is the RII method. RII is a method for identifying the relative importance of causation of an event based on its likelihood and effect using the Likert Scale. The results showed that 6 of the 22 subfactors that encourage the implementation of SPP are the availability of sustainable products, sustainable goods/services procurement policies and procedures, the availability of sustainable human resources, the availability of sustainable product/service suppliers, organizational values, and the cost of sustainable products/services.
Maryam Ghasemi, Mehdi Seifbarghy, Nezir Aydin, Wichai Chattinnawat,
Volume 36, Issue 1 (3-2025)
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One of the most important issues regarding community health is animal health, followed by the health of animal products. Providing a sustainable environment for production facilities like livestock centers is essential. In this study, we have proposed designing four fuzzy inference systems for managing the sustainability of livestock centers. The first, second, and third systems are applied for the economic, social, and environmental dimensions. The fourth is for a system whose output is the sustainability level while its inputs are the three addressed sustainability dimensions. The data source was experts' judgment, and the major limitation of this research was access to a limited number of experts in making system rules. The validation is made by cross-checking with other experts. Considering a maximum of 10 points for each sustainability dimension and supposing that the economic dimension is 5.05, the social dimension is 7.77 and the environmental dimension is 8.12, the sustainability level turns out to be 7.92
