Title: An advanced fuzzy approach for assessing supply chain resilience in developing economies

Authors: Saleh Fahed Saleh Alkhatib

Addresses: Business Administration Department, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Yarmouk University, P.O. Box 566, Irbid 21163, Jordan

Abstract: This paper aims to develop an advanced fuzzy approach to assess the supply chain resilience (SCRE) in the developing economies under high uncertainty. The new approach incorporates the fuzzy decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (FDEMATEL), the modified fuzzy best worst method (FBWM), and fuzzy techniques to order preferences by similarity to ideal solution (FTOPSIS) in a novel way to employ their merits. A systematic literature review of the SCRE dimensions was conducted to identify main SCRE factors. The FDEMATEL method obtained the relationships among these dimensions to provide a better understanding of this system. The FBWM weights these dimensions and identify their relative importance, and finally, the SCRE level was evaluated by the FTOPSIS method. A real case of the leading non-financial companies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region were investigated. The research results reveal several findings that provide useful insight for the MENA companies and academia.

Keywords: supply chain resilience; SCRE; MENA region; fuzzy set theory; FDEMATEL; fuzzy best worst method; FBWM; FTOPSIS.

DOI: 10.1504/IJOR.2024.140480

International Journal of Operational Research, 2024 Vol.50 No.4, pp.401 - 425

Received: 12 May 2021
Accepted: 02 Nov 2021
Published online: 20 Aug 2024 *

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