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Multi-Criteria Decision Making for Supplier Selection in Biomass Supply Networks for Bioenergy Production
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Author(s): Vasiliki Kazantzi (Technological Education Institute (TEI) of Larissa, Greece), Vassilis Gerogiannis (Technological Education Institute (TEI) of Larissa, Greece)and Leonidas Anthopoulos (Technological Education Institute (TEI) of Larissa, Greece)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 31
Source title:
Outsourcing Management for Supply Chain Operations and Logistics Service
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Dimitris Folinas (Department of Logistics, ATEI-Thessaloniki, Greece)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2008-7.ch018
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Abstract
Decision-making on outsourcing biomass supply operations for bioenergy production is both of strategic and operational importance and can be modeled as a multi-perspective supplier selection problem characterized by multiple qualitative and quantitative factors, as well as technical and non-technical attributes and constraints. The biomass supply system presents unique features that highly impact the bioenergy production. Network functionality, raw material availability (influenced by seasonality, weather/climate conditions, land suitability, and other parameters), and procurement costs constitute important parameters for the viability of bioenergy production plants. This chapter provides a comprehensive analysis of biomass supply chains, focusing on the special issues of raw material cost fluctuations, biomass seasonality, and the dynamics of biomass demand. It also suggests the effectiveness of a multi-criteria decision making approach for adequately assessing imprecise and uncertain biomass supplier profiles based on Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets (IFS) in conjunction with a multi-period optimization framework for selecting the best biomass supply mix at a maximum total purchasing value.
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