Structuring the Affecting Indicators on the Sustainable Food Supply Chain Performance based on Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping and Fuzzy DEMATEL

Subject Areas : Fuzzy Optimization and Modeling Journal

Mohammad Reza Fathi ¹ , Niloofar Khaleghverdi ² , Samaneh Raeesi Nafchi ³ , Seyed Mohammad Sobhani ⁴

1 - Department of Management and Accounting, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran
2 - Department of Management and Accounting, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran
3 - Department of Industrial Management, Lamerd Higher Education Center-Shiraz University of Technology, Fars, Iran
4 - Department of Management and Accounting, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran

Received: 2024-01-20 Accepted : 2024-11-12 Published : 2024-10-12

Keywords: Performance Evaluation, Fuzzy DEMATEL, Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping, Food Supply Chain, Sustainable Development,

Abstract :

Today, the production and services field faces a change in the competition pattern among independent companies and supply chains. The food supply chain is among the complex supply chains with special characteristics that can toughly be adapted to general evaluation systems. The current research aims to determine the effective indicators for evaluating the performance of the sustainable food supply chain. This research is descriptive-survey in terms of method and practical in terms of purpose. In line with the research implementation, based on the study of the theoretical foundations and the background of the research conducted concerning the effective indicators in evaluating the performance of the sustainable supply chain, the effective criteria were extracted and given to 25 research experts in the form of a questionnaire. Finally, to investigate the relationships between these 26 basic criteria, another questionnaire was prepared and given to the research experts. The final factors were structured based on the answers received and using the methods of fuzzy cognitive mapping and fuzzy DEMATEL. Regarding the centrality criterion in the fuzzy cognitive mapping method, the factors "income distribution, sustainable investment, and average annual training time of employees" have the most centrality, so they were recognized as the main factors influencing the performance evaluation of the sustainable food supply chain.

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