INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (IJIERD)

This study presented an integrated approach for selecting appropriate suppliers in addressing Pharmaceutical Green Supply Chain Management (PGSCM) of environment change via Multiple Criteria Decision Making Method (MCDM). In this study, thirteen criteria of Pharmaceutical Green Supply Chain Management with three dimensions were identified from literature review and interview with three experts in a Pharmaceutical manufacturer. By considering the interrelationships among criteria, the Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) were applied to deal with the importance and causal relationships among the evaluation criteria of supplier selection. As indicated by the results, the four most important criteria are internal environmental management, involvement in initiatives for negative economic , training related reducing waste management, and green purchasing . The results also found that the top four criteria not only have potential significance in the selection of green suppliers with waste management competencies, but also affect the other twelve criteria, separately.

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