A supplier management approach based on carbon performance criteria_ Case study: Royal DSM

During the past decade there has been an increasing interest towards sustainable development and environmental management from corporate organizations, with efforts extending across their value chain to their partners. On the one hand, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is the most commonly used tool for measuring the environmental performance of a product, including the raw materials a company buys, and can greatly assist managers in material selection process. On the other hand, assessing a supplier’s potential for improvement is also important when an organization seeks to achieve certain environmental targets concerning their supply base, taking into account the limited resources available. In the context of this thesis a methodology for developing a green supplier segmentation tool, incorporating information from LCAs, is proposed as a means to identify and prioritize sustainability related opportunities regarding suppliers. In this methodology, fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) using fuzzy preference programming (FPP) is utilized in order to solve the Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) problem of supplier evaluation. Additionally, the methodology is applied in a real world case and the results serve as the basis for further recommendations.

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supplier segmentation
green supplier selection
supplier development
green supplier management
fuzzy AHP
sustainability
carbon footprint

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