Abstract
Problem statement: The “Energy Policy for Europe, EPE” and three environmental directives, proposed by the European Union (EU) in 2007, are stricter than those self-restrained by the enterprises. For this reason, the enterprises have to shortly improve their products for meeting with the strict requests setup by the EU. Consequently, it becomes even more important that the manufacturers evaluate the green suppliers. Approach: Through arranging the index literatures for evaluating the green suppliers and applying the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP) and the Vlsekriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR) in this study, it will be discussed that the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) company in this case study evaluates and assesses the performances of three types of green suppliers (the suppliers of processing machine tools, the suppliers of raw materials and the suppliers of maintenance spare parts). The weight of performance indicators was derived by FAHP method, which were input to the VIKOR method for evaluate the performance of three types of green suppliers. Results: The research results, which the company in this case study assessed at the suppliers of the equipment machine tools, the raw materials and the spare parts, show that the satisfaction of the suppliers of raw materials is superior to the suppliers of equipment machine tools and even better than that of the suppliers of spare parts. Conclusion/Recommendations: The feasibility green supplier of performance evaluation method was presented through a real scenario, which can help the PCB procurements make objectively and distinguish the disadvantages and advantages of the green suppliers.
Highlights
To use the WEEE recovery-and-recycle products to the utmost for designing the green products
To the general Printed Circuit Board (PCB) industries, the three environment-protection directives issued by the European Union (EU) totally cover the substrate materials selected during the design period, the chemical materials used in the manufacturing processes and the final product processes including the quality inspections, packing and transportation to the customers
The questionnaire objects in this study are mainly the famous companies of the PCB industries in Taiwan
Summary
To use the WEEE recovery-and-recycle products to the utmost for designing the green products. To the general PCB industries, the three environment-protection directives issued by the EU totally cover the substrate materials selected during the design period, the chemical materials used in the manufacturing processes and the final product processes including the quality inspections, packing and transportation to the customers. In other words, it should be seriously considered if the products agree. The PCB factory owners must follow the EU’s environment-protection regulations from the evaluation of the green suppliers to the procedures of manufacturing, transportation and recovery. The experts and scholars gradually pay attention to this subject
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