A decision support system for detecting and handling biased decision-makers in multi criteria group decision-making problems

Detecting and handling biased decision-makers in the group decision-making process is overlooked in the literature. This paper aims to develop an anti-biased statistical approach, including extreme, moderate, and soft versions, as a decision support system for group decision-making (GDM) to detect and handle the bias. The extreme version...

Segmenting supplies and suppliers: bringing together the purchasing portfolio matrix and the supplier potential matrix

Supplier segmentation is one of the most important supply chain-related activities for most firms working with multiple suppliers. Purchasing portfolio matrix (PPM) is a segmentation method that considers two dimensions (profit impact and supply risk) against which the materials purchased by the company are classified. Despite its popularity,...

Embedding carbon impact assessment in multi-criteria supplier segmentation using ELECTRE TRI-rC

In the past decade, there has been an increasing interest in green supply chain management, which integrates environmental thinking into supply chain management. Assessing a supplier’s potential for improvement is very important when an organization wants to achieve certain environmental targets concerning their supply base, taking into...