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In supplier management social and environmental aspects gain rising importance. The aim of this work is the development of a decision support system. For this purpose a two-stage approach is developed consisting of a risk model and a performance model. This approach enables decision makers both to improve the transparency along the supply chain and to evaluate the sustainability performance of suppliers efficiently.

Lieferantenauswahl --- risk assessment --- Lieferantenmanagement --- supplier selection --- Nachhaltigkeit --- Risikoabschätzungdecision support --- supplier management --- sustainability --- Entscheidungsunterstützung

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The evolution of industrial development since the 18th century is now experiencing the fourth industrial revolution. The effect of the development has propagated into almost every sector of the industry. From inventory to the circular economy, the effectiveness of technology has been fruitful for industry. The recent trends in research, with new ideas and methodologies, are included in this book. Several new ideas and business strategies are developed in the area of the supply chain management, logistics, optimization, and forecasting for the improvement of the economy of the society and the environment. The proposed technologies and ideas are either novel or help modify several other new ideas. Different real life problems with different dimensions are discussed in the book so that readers may connect with the recent issues in society and industry. The collection of the articles provides a glimpse into the new research trends in technology, business, and the environment.

Supply chain management --- benchmarking --- simulation --- mathematical analytic tools and techniques --- system reliability --- Trade-credit financing --- order allocation --- decomposition principle --- efficiency and scatter plots --- sustainable healthcare system --- workplace stress --- optimization --- defective rate --- electric power distribution --- newsvendor --- inspection --- energy --- air quality --- triangular fuzzy number --- quality control --- supplier selection --- multi-stage production system --- robustness --- offline inspection --- workers’ efficiency --- transshipments --- imperfect products --- process imperfection --- Bayesian approach --- imperfect production --- inventory modelling and optimization --- information asymmetry --- supply chain management --- framework for agile distributed development --- human-based production system --- lead-time reduction --- staff absenteeism --- inventory control --- fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) --- sustainable --- develop strategies --- fuzzy optimization --- preventive maintenance --- imperfect quality --- refrigerated trucks --- petrochemical industries --- economic order quantity (EOQ) --- defectives --- substitute and complimentary items --- production modelling --- stochastic-petri net modeling --- supply chain inventory --- defective products --- transport infrastructure --- data envelopment analysis --- advertisement --- e-commerce --- price discounts --- recurrent states --- variable demand --- machine breakdown --- industry 4.0 --- rough interval --- partial trade credit --- business performance --- mixed integer nonlinear programming --- fixed charge --- preservation technology investment --- repairable system --- multicriteria decision making (MCDM) --- managerial considerations and managerial decisions --- four-dimensional transportation problem --- time series analysis --- permissible delays in payments --- integer linear programming --- process mean --- backordering --- stochastic-price dependent demand --- controllable probabilistic deterioration rate --- budget constraint --- likelihood ratio test --- radio frequency identification --- rework --- supplier selection process --- deteriorating items --- smart production --- scheduling --- green data envelopment analysis (GDEA) --- Cash discounts --- learning behavior --- imperfect manufacturing system --- inspection cost --- airborne particulate matter --- reworking --- fuzzy demand --- optimal algorithms --- distributed development --- sustainability --- distribution-free approach --- decision support systems --- evolutionary algorithm --- backorder --- inspection errors --- waste reduction --- resilient supply chain --- space constraint --- hybrid manufacturing- remanufacturing strategy --- edible oil --- complementary products --- CLSC management --- carbon emission --- change point detection --- revenue sharing --- production --- random defective rate --- pricing policy --- agile development --- inventory --- mathematical solution procedure --- reliability threshold --- outgoing quality --- disruption risks --- multi-objective --- strict quasi-concavity --- optimized limits --- uncertain information --- full trade credit --- customer acquisition cost --- Lean manufacturing --- imperfect repair --- substitutable products --- dynamic job-shop scheduling --- patient’s queue --- application program interfaces in agile distributed projects --- internet of things --- deterioration --- O2O channel --- targeting model --- lean manufacturing --- multidimensional scaling --- technical and super-efficiencies --- pricing

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The protection and maintenance of environmental resources for future generations require responsible interaction between humans and the environment in order to avoid wasting natural resources. According to an ancient Native American proverb, “We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” This indigenous wisdom has the potential to play a significant role in defining environmental sustainability. Recent technological advances could sustain humankind and allow for comfortable living. However, not all of these advancements have the potential to protect the environment for future generations. Developing societies and maintaining the sustainability of the ecosystem require appropriate wisdom, technology, and management collaboration. This book is a collection of 19 important articles (15 research articles, 3 review papers, and 1 editorial) that were published in the Special Issue of the journal Sustainability entitled “Appropriate Wisdom, Technology, and Management toward Environmental Sustainability for Development” during 2021-2022.addresses the policymakers and decision-makers who are willing to develop societies that practice environmental sustainability, by collecting the most recent contributions on the appropriate wisdom, technology, and management regarding the different aspects of a community that can retain environmental sustainability.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- Environmental science, engineering & technology --- metals --- arsenic --- pollution --- Mexico --- developing countries --- landfill --- urban solid waste --- disposal --- waste management --- sustainable development goals --- ethnobotany --- human health --- poverty --- traditional knowledge --- sustainable agriculture --- wheat --- seed rate --- yield effect --- dose–response --- seed recycling --- cost–benefit analysis --- blockchain --- SDGs --- innovation --- COVID-19 --- green recovery --- scorecard --- construction sector --- economy --- intersectoral linkages --- VECM --- forecasting --- sustainable development --- eco-friendly sound-absorbing material --- corrugated cardboard --- perforated corrugated cardboard --- sound-absorption coefficient --- sound transmission loss --- transfer function method --- transfer matrix method --- multi-frequency resonator --- self-compacting concrete --- crumb rubber --- strength --- silica fume --- response surface methodology --- biodiesel --- engine performance --- emissions --- natural feedstocks --- production method --- ethical marketing --- extended marketing mix --- consumer brand relationships --- brand loyalty --- sustainability --- rice husk --- power plants --- CO2 --- emission reductions --- Clean Development Mechanism --- rural clean heating project --- rural Gansu --- potential solutions --- benchmarking --- fisheries --- aquaculture --- food security --- Bangladesh --- humanitarian logistics --- pandemic --- economic reactivation --- spatial modelling --- sustainable construction --- construction waste reduction --- modelling of waste (reduce, reuse and recycle) --- PLS-SEM --- industry 4.0 --- circular economy --- environmental regulations --- manufacturing supply chains --- Internet of Things (IoT) --- groundwater level --- groundwater resource --- groundwater management models --- groundwater monitoring system --- wireless sensor network --- MENA Islamic cities --- urban management --- sustainable built environment --- supplier selection --- product life cycle cost --- geometric mean weighting --- penalty weighting --- multiobjective linear programming --- revised multichoice goal programming --- n/a --- dose-response --- cost-benefit analysis

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This book focuses on original research works about Green Technologies for Production Processes, including discrete production processes and process production processes, from various aspects that tackle product, process, and system issues in production. The aim is to report the state-of-the-art on relevant research topics and highlight the barriers, challenges, and opportunities we are facing. This book includes 22 research papers and involves energy-saving and waste reduction in production processes, design and manufacturing of green products, low carbon manufacturing and remanufacturing, management and policy for sustainable production, technologies of mitigating CO2 emissions, and other green technologies.

Technology: general issues --- electric power substitution --- potential forecasting --- CSO-ELM --- green sustainable development --- BFIMP --- all-factors analysis approach --- material flows --- energy flows --- operation parameters --- biomass resource --- power plant --- GHG emission mitigation --- Anhui --- emission reduction --- green production --- waste disposal --- co-incineration --- rotary kiln --- remanufacturing --- sustainability supply chain --- authorized remanufacturing --- game --- production process --- efficiency evaluation --- greenhouse vegetables --- data envelopment analysis --- sustainability --- micro energy grid --- distributed energy --- uncertainty --- risk aversion --- demand response --- grinding optimization --- low carbon --- low cost --- improved NSGA-II --- fuzzy matter element --- PV-storage charging stations --- green energy --- planning process --- bi-level optimization --- user utility --- energy-economizing --- hot stamping --- lightweight material --- magnesium alloy --- process parameters --- fluid–solid coupling --- coal containing gas --- permeability --- energy safety --- intelligent systems --- motor production lines --- process management --- sustainable process --- efficiency --- sustainability strategy --- scale development --- sustainable supply chain management --- implementation framework --- reverse logistics --- supplier selection --- MCDM --- multiprocess route --- workshop scheduling --- multi-objective optimization --- logistics intensity --- emergy --- logistics parks --- Halon candidate substitute --- aircraft weight reduction --- HFC-125 --- release pressure --- flow --- diffusion --- flexible job shop scheduling problem --- genetic algorithm --- multi-crossover operator --- co-evolution --- green synthesis --- multi-branched gold nanoparticles --- ultrasound --- hydroquinone --- chitosan --- renewable energy --- renewable portfolio standard --- nearby accommodation --- peak regulation --- prospect analysis --- multicriteria decision-making --- circular economy --- collection modes --- Chinese automobile manufacturing industry --- corporate environmental responsibility --- fuzzy DEMATEL --- triple bottom line --- sustainable development --- green manufacturing --- n/a --- fluid-solid coupling

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Information management is a common paradigm in modern decision-making. A wide range of decision-making techniques have been proposed in the literature to model complex business and engineering processes. In this Special Issue, 16 selected and peer-reviewed original research articles contribute to business information management in various current real-world problems by proposing crisp or uncertain multiple-criteria decision-making (MCDM) models and techniques, mostly including multi-attribute decision-making (MADM) approaches, in addition to a single paper proposing an interactive multi-objective decision-making (MODM) approach. Particular attention is devoted to information aggregation operators; 65% of papers dealt with this item. The topics of this Special Issue gained attention in Europe and Asia. A total of 48 authors from seven countries contributed to this Issue. The papers are mainly concentrated in three application areas: supplier selection and rational order allocation, the evaluation and selection of goods or facilities, and personnel selection/partner selection. A number of new approaches are proposed that are expected to attract great interest from the research community.

multiple attribute decision making --- maximizing deviation model --- interval multiplicative preference relations --- rough sets --- queuing systems --- fuzzy EDAS --- nonnegative normal neutrosophic number --- single-valued linguistic neutrosophic interval linguistic number --- order allocation --- multi-attribute decision-making (MADM) --- multi-criteria decision-making --- Pythagorean uncertain linguistic variable --- neutrosophic sets --- supplier --- green supplier --- trust interval --- ANFIS --- reliable group decision-making --- multiple criteria decision-making --- adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) --- multi-attribute group decision-making --- Pythagorean fuzzy set --- Muirhead mean --- subcontractor evaluation --- fuzzy sets --- group decision-making --- score function --- supplier selection --- unbalanced linguistic set --- projection model --- multiple criteria group decision-making --- warehouse --- multi-hesitant fuzzy sets --- Dombi operations --- interaction operational laws --- decision making --- MCDM --- multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) --- rough ANP --- MADM --- multiple attributes decision-making --- interactive approach --- weighted aggregation operator --- logistics --- rough analytical hierarchical process (AHP) --- linguistic cubic variable --- multiobjective optimization --- aggregation operators --- bi-directional projection model --- rough boundary interval --- prioritized average operator --- binary discernibility matrices --- Einstein operations --- hesitant probabilistic fuzzy Einstein aggregation operators --- multiple-criteria decision-making (MCDM) --- aggregation operator --- linguistic cubic variable Dombi weighted arithmetic average (LCVDWAA) operator --- linguistic cubic variable Dombi weighted geometric average (LCVDWGA) operator --- multi-attribute decision making --- trapezoidal fuzzy number --- rough number --- evidence theory --- uncertain group decision-making support systems --- desirability function --- deterministic finite automata --- rough weighted aggregated sum product assessment (WASPAS) --- hesitant probabilistic fuzzy element (HPFE) --- multiple attribute decision making (MADM).