Differential evolution for sustainable supplier selection in pulp and paper industry: a DEA based approach
Sunil Kumar Jauhar1
, Millie Pant1, Mahesh C. Nagar2
1Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee-Haridwar Highway, Roorkee (UK), India, 247667.
2Swadesh International Ltd, Holly Building, Hong Kong Street, Singapore, 059675.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7494/cmms.2015.1.0511
Abstract:
Management of sustainable (ecologically green) supply chain is a vital concern for any industry around the world. The pulp and paper industry in INDIA is facing tremendous challenges like tumbling demands due to ecological concern, gloomy trend in technology advancement, and fierce worldwide competition. This highly competitive operating environment is of much concern and hence attention is focused towards the direction of climatic changes and additional ecological concerns. These concerns are voiced by activists, researchers, and the common man, which has compelled the industries to take suitable actions for sustainability. This paper aims to examine the challenges of sustainable supplier selection (SSS) and proposes a Differential Evolution (DE) based approach for selecting sustainable suppliers for a hypothetical north Indian pulp and paper industry’s supply chain management (SCM).
Cite as:
Kumar Jauhar, S., Pant, M., & Nagar, M. (2015). Differential evolution for sustainable supplier selection in pulp and paper industry: a DEA based approach. Computer Methods in Materials Science, 15(1), 118-126. https://doi.org/10.7494/cmms.2015.1.0511
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Keywords:
Sustainable supplier selection, Supply chain management, Differential evaluation, Data envelopment analysis, Pulp and paper industry
Publication dates:
Received: 01.10.2014, accepted: 18.12.2014, published: 10.01.2015
Publication type:
Original scientific paper
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