Study on Supply Chain Alliance Partner Selection under Low Carbon Environment

摘要

With increasing attention to low carbon environment, the research on selecting appropriate supply chain alliance partner is becoming increasingly important. This paper investigated partner selection method for setting up supply chain alliance in low carbon environment. A systematic selection method consisting of three phases was proposed. Phase one contains a preliminary selection process which was conducted by using ethical relationship theory and TOPSIS algorithm. An evaluation system based on improved fuzzy comprehensive evaluation was developed in phase two to evaluate each partner candidates. In the third phase, a qualitative analysis for overall risk of the alliance was conducted by combining risk management and fuzzy theory. The optimal supply chain alliance partner was therefore selected by considering whether the overall risk exceeds the rational range. Finally, a case study was carried out to demonstrate the feasibility and practicability of the proposed method.