Framework for the Selection of Sustainable Suppliers using Integrated Compensatory Fuzzy AHP-TOPSIS Multi-criteria Approach

Sustainability is becoming important in today's competitive world as a strategy for many industries to boost longevity and remain competitive. When making strategic decisions like risk mitigation, resource restrictions, cost reductions, and tax incentives, businesses take sustainability into consideration. A key action in advancing this trend is the choice of sustainable suppliers. This method uses a lot of contradictory criteria and relies on decision-makers frequently ill-defined and non-quantifiable expertise. The study offers a framework for selecting sustainable suppliers in India's automobile industry using the fuzzy-AHP-TOPSIS method. The economic sustainability factors were concluded to be the most important criteria, followed by factors/criteria related to social sustainability.