Evaluation of the external forces affecting the sustainability of oil and gas supply chain using Best Worst Method

Highlights  Define a comprehensive sustainable urban transportation network (SUTN)  Evaluation criteria for SUTN based on economic, social and environmental factors  Propose a framework based on Best Worst Method (BWM) to define a SUTN Abstract A truly sustainable urban transportation network (SUTN) needs to be sustainable in all aspects including economic, social and environmental dimensions. Identifying the evaluation criteria for sustainability of urban transportation network (UTN) and evaluating importance of these criteria, are completely critical. While most researches have only focused on economic aspect of transportation systems (TSs), in this paper, by considering economic, social and environmental dimensions, the evaluation criteria for evaluating the sustainability of UTN have been identified. Then a framework based on Best Worst Method, has been proposed to evaluate and prioritize sustainability dimensions and evaluation criteria. To show the usefulness of the proposed model, it is applied to a real-world case study of transportation in Isfahan, one of the largest cities in Iran. The results from this studyare used for evaluating and selecting real transportation projects. We have also shown how the proposed framework helps managers and experts for analyzing sustainability of existing UTN, identifying potential strategies, evaluating and selecting new policies or constructing projects to achieve sustainability goals.

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“…has been applied in different areas (Ahmad et al, 2017;Ahmadi et al, 2017;van de Kaa et al, 2017). This method obtains the weights of criteria.…”

Section: Worst Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Determining the relative importance of sustainability evaluation criteria of urban transportation network

Mahmoudi

Shetab-Boushehri

Hejazi

et al. 2019

Sustainable Cities and Society

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“…Scholars have used this method since then to identify enablers of technological innovation in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in India [31], utilizing this method for the supplier selection life cycle [32], to evaluate the external forces affecting the sustainability of the oil and gas supply chain [33], or even wielding this tool in order to develop a roadmap to overcome barriers to energy efficiency in buildings [34]. Recently, intuitionistic fuzzy multiplicative BWM has been proposed by [35] to extend the method's use to uncertain circumstances.…”

Section: Best-worst Methodology (Bwm)mentioning

confidence: 99%

A Novel Hybrid Approach for Technology Selection in the Information Technology Industry

et al. 2018

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High-tech companies are rapidly growing in the world. Research and development (hereafter R&D) department strength is the main asset that allows a firm to achieve a competitive advantage in high-tech businesses. The allocated budget to this sector is finite; thus, integration, human resource, risk and budget limitations should be considered to choose the most valuable project in the best portion of time. This paper investigates a case study from a high-tech company in Iran to prioritize the most attractive technologies for the R&D department. The case consists of twenty three technology options and the goal is to find the most attractive projects to sort them out for implementation in the R&D department. In this research, scholars proposed the best-worst method (henceforth BWM) to find the weight of the criteria of the attractive technologies in first step and utilize the newly developed method total area based on orthogonal vectors (henceforward TAOV) to sort the selected technologies based upon the identified criteria. Project integration is one of the least-noticed subjects in scientific papers; therefore, the researchers presented a zero or one linear programming (ZOLP) model to optimize and schedule the implementation procedure on the project risk, budget and time limitation simultaneously. The results indicate that starting few but attractive projects in the first years and postponing the rest to the future, helps a firm to manage funds and gain profit with the least amount of risk.

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“…Numerous studies have explored SSCM from the lens of a traditional SCM approach, trying to maintain and improve the 3BL constancy for achieving long-term sustainable development [22,23]. SSCM consists of several aspects, including multi-operational undertakings, for developing competitive advantage across the entire supply chain network [24,25].…”

Section: Sustainable Supply Chain Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding Interdependencies among Social Sustainability Evaluation Criteria in an Emerging Economy

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Organizations need to consider the triple bottom line (3BL) model of sustainability to maintain competitiveness in global markets. Of 3BL, environmental and economic sustainability pillars are more often discussed, as they are most directly related to a firm's bottom line and regulatory compliance. Unfortunately, social sustainability receives relatively little attention even though it remains a significant threat to organizational sustainment, particularly in emerging economies. This study builds upon a social sustainability evaluation framework to investigate the interrelationships among social sustainability criteria in an effort to better understand how to improve social sustainability performance. A unique hybrid of interpretive structural modeling (ISM) and hesitant fuzzy matrix of cross impact multiplications applied to classification (HF-MICMAC) methodology is introduced and employed to determine the interrelationships (drivers and dependences) among social sustainability criteria. Then, a manufacturing company is used as the backdrop to test the efficacy of the expanded framework. The findings can aid industry decision-makers, especially in developing countries, to better understand and manage social issues, improve social dimension of sustainability, enhance the sustainability in operations and shift towards sustainable development.

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Evaluation of the external forces affecting the sustainability of oil and gas supply chain using Best Worst Method

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Determining the relative importance of sustainability evaluation criteria of urban transportation network

Determining the relative importance of sustainability evaluation criteria of urban transportation network

A Novel Hybrid Approach for Technology Selection in the Information Technology Industry

Understanding Interdependencies among Social Sustainability Evaluation Criteria in an Emerging Economy

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