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Using Differential Evolution to Develop a Carbon-Integrated Model for Performance Evaluation and Selection of Sustainable Suppliers in Indian Automobile Supply Chain

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Automobile industries worldwide are unified in opinion, that successful management of sustainable supply chains is the most important driver to improve both their economic and ecological performances. The significance of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) is a critical corporate matter in the automobile industries that offers incredible potential for achieving better environmental performance, consumer fulfillment, pull down operating expenditures, reducing inventory investments in addition to achieving better fixed asset usage. The environment concerns, climatic changes, and additional ecological concerns in automobile industries are not only articulated by campaigners or researchers, but also by the common man as well, which has motivated the industries to focus on sustainability. The present research focuses on a DEA-based mathematical model and employs differential evolution to select the competent suppliers providing the utmost fulfillment for the sustainable criteria determined. This study aims to examine the sustainable supplier evaluation and selection practices likely to be adopted by the Indian automobile industry for their products.

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Jauhar, S.K., Pant, M. (2016). Using Differential Evolution to Develop a Carbon-Integrated Model for Performance Evaluation and Selection of Sustainable Suppliers in Indian Automobile Supply Chain. In: Pant, M., Deep, K., Bansal, J., Nagar, A., Das, K. (eds) Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 437. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0451-3_47

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