Developing Sustainable Supply Chains in Developing Countries

Sustainability of supply chains is achieved through the consideration of the economic, environmental and social aspects in the decision making process. The majority of research concentrates on integrating two out of these three aspects, with limited inclusion of the social aspect. In developing countries, where the production supply chains are usually labour intensive, and where environmental regulations are still developing, both social and environmental aspects should be given considerable importance. This work presents a supply chain assessment model integrating the three dimensions of sustainability. An illustrative numerical example demonstrates how the proposed model may aid in the assessment and improvement of supply chain sustainability.