Evaluating the Circular Supply Chain Implementation Barriers Using Ordinal Priority Approach

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1 teacher of university

2 faculty memeber

Abstract

In recent years, the circular supply chain has attracted the attention of many researchers and experts as a new approach in response to the lack of resources and minimizing waste production, and it can be useful in achieving a sustainable society and economy. Many research studies consider the reason for the slow progress of circular supply chain implementation to be a set of obstacles that prevent its successful adoption. Despite the study of obstacles and challenges of circular supply chain implementation in different countries, due to the difference in laws, infrastructures and social and cultural conditions, it is necessary to examine these obstacles in Iran as well. Among different industries in Iran, the investigation of the obstacles of the rotating supply chain in the automotive industry has not been considered. Therefore, in order to address this research gap, the researchers assessed the obstacles of the revolving supply chain in Saipa Citroen Automobile Company. To implement this necessity, the multi-criteria group decision-making method and specifically the Ordinal Priority Approach have been used. The results showed that the barrier of lack of technology to design recyclable products with a weight of 0.106 is the most important compared to other barriers. The findings of this study provide a comprehensive list of obstacles for the adoption of the circular supply chain and help the managers and decision makers of the automotive industry to formulate strategies to eliminate or reduce the effect of the most effective ones.

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Supply Chain Management
Volume 25, Issue 80 - Serial Number 80
November 2023
Pages 89-100

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  • Receive Date: 15 January 2023
  • Revise Date: 13 July 2023
  • Accept Date: 10 June 2023
  • Publish Date: 23 October 2023

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