A new model of supplier’s selection for sustainable supply chain management

Abstract

In the last years, industrial company began to understand the central role that plays sustainable supplier selection (SSS) process for obtaining a sustainable supply chain (SSC). This paper proposes a new multi-criterion decision-making (MCDM) model for managers, which makes it possible to select the best suppliers who respect the sustainable development (SD) concept for a SSC. We start our paper by selecting the most recent economic, environmental and social criterion used in researches. After, we develop a new model mathematic that take into consideration the SD criteria in sustainable supplier rank and selection. Finally, we present a case study for testing our model.