Research Article

Green Supplier Selection Using Fuzzy Multiple-Criteria Decision-Making Methods and Artificial Neural Networks

Table 41

Questionnaire about the importance of each criterion.

Traditional criteriaNot at all importantSlightly importantModerately importantVery importantExtremely important

Price
1

2

3

4

5
Quality
1

2

3

4

5
Delivery time
1

2

3

4

5
Warranties & obligations
1

2

3

4

5
Payment terms
1

2

3

4

5
Risk factor
1

2

3

4

5
Position in the sector
1

2

3

4

5
Technology
1

2

3

4

5
Geographical location
1

2

3

4

5
Service
1

2

3

4

5
Flexibility
1

2

3

4

5
Just-in-time delivery
1

2

3

4

5
Minimum order quantity
1

2

3

4

5
Technical capacity
1

2

3

4

5
Production capacity
1

2

3

4

5
Experience
1

2

3

4

5
Problem solving ability
1

2

3

4

5
Environmental criteria
1

2

3

4

5
Ecological materials
1

2

3

4

5
Green product
1

2

3

4

5
Pollution control
1

2

3

4

5
Green image
1

2

3

4

5
Green competencies
1

2

3

4

5
Environment management
1

2

3

4

5
Green purchasing
1

2

3

4

5
Life cycle assessment
1

2

3

4

5
R&D green products
1

2

3

4

5
Corporate social responsibility
1

2

3

4

5
Green innovation
1

2

3

4

5
Hazardous substance management
1

2

3

4

5
Environment protection
1

2

3

4

5
Green design
1

2

3

4

5
Availability of “clean” technologies
1

2

3

4

5