Designing a Resilient-Sustainable Supplier Selection Model

Selecting resilient-sustainable suppliers can improve sustainability status and reduce supply chain disruption. This study aims to design a model for selecting resilient-sustainable suppliers in the supply chain of the Shahid Ghandi Corporation Complex. For this purpose, after reviewing the theoretical literature, 76 and 50 indicators were identified for evaluating sustainable suppliers and resilient suppliers, respectively. These indicators were investigated by supply chain experts in Shahid Ghandi Corporation Complex and, then, 15 indicators were determined to be suitable for each of the sustainable and resilient suppliers. A questionnaire was distributed among the supply chain experts of Shahid Ghandi Corporation Complex and the resilient-sustainable supplier selection model was confirmed using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) based on the 136 questionnaires gathered from the participants. Sustainability indicators were classified into three economic, social, and environmental dimensions, and resilience indicators were divided into three categories of absorptive capacity, adaptive capacity, and restorative capacity. The results showed that the economic dimension had the first rank, the environmental dimension the second rank, and the indices of adaptation capacity, restorative capacity, social capacity and absorption capacity in choosing the sustainable-resilient supplier model were the next priorities, respectively.