Tedarikçilerin çevresel performans değerlendirmesi: Beyaz eşya sektörü üzerine bir vaka çalışması

In 21st century, people are much more aware about the importance of the environment than the previous centuries. There are several reasons behind but at the end, in business perspective, procurement functions have big responsibility such as buying the service or products with the low cost, higher quality level but also having some responsibilities about environment. In the literature, to the best of the author's knowledge, there are limited studies which provides a holistic model on green supplier selection and evaluation. Mostly, the studies are based on the traditional ways of supplier selection and evaluation models. However, the challenging issues of sustainability and the climate change enforces companies not only to pursue pro-environmental practices but also to manage their supply chain in a more environmentally responsible way. This necessity also requires the integration of purchasing function in the supply chain and the sense of environmental responsibility as well as the other functions. Companies should embrace an approach that accepts purchasing function as a strategic function by integrating environmental issues in their decision making process. Hence, the overall objective of this study is to provide a framework which aims to integrate environmental factors into the supplier selection and evaluation process. This framework is believed to serve as a decision support tool for companies in their green supply chain efforts in terms of their purchasing function. Application section, a framework of the supplier selection and evaluation process which incorporates environmental performance is developed by using AHP method. Manufacturers of related industries can use our proposed model, or tailor the model to meet their own needs, to evaluate their green suppliers or to select the best green supplier for cooperation.