A Fuzzy AHP Approach for Ranking the Application Barriers of Green SCM (Case study: Abzarsazi Industries of Iran)

Supply chain management (SCM) issues have been popularly discussed in recent years. SCM represents the integration of key business processes among industry partners to add value for the end customers. GSCM was starting debated since the quality revolution of the 1980s and supply chain revolution of the 1990s. Generally, GSCM is understood to involve screening suppliers based on their environmental performance and doing business only with those that meet certain environmental regulations or standards. This paper first identifies the Implementation Barriers of GSCM through literature review and then uses the Fuzzy AHP approach for ranking the barriers in Abzarsazi Industries of Iran.FAHP is a new multi-criteria evaluation method evolved from Saaty's AHP. So, this paper aimed to find out and rank the key factors and barriers that affect success in GSCM using fuzzy AHP approach, and give an evaluation method for GSCM in order to help researches and managers to determine the drawbacks and opportunities.

SCM, GSCM (Green Supply Chain Management), Fuzzy set theory, Fuzzy AHP, Barriers.