Abstract
Goals: This research seeks to identify the basic indices of sustainability in three dimensions (economic, social and environmental) in the Iranian automotive industry suppliers by reviewing previous research and ranking the suppliers using a cross efficiency approach. In this paper, the performance and ranking of sustainable supply chain suppliers are evaluated by presenting a secondary objective model in terms of cross efficiency.
 Design / Methodology / Approach: In the first step of this research, a preliminary screening of the identified criteria is carried out. the data on the final criteria is collected using a questionnaire. Finally, the evaluation and ranking of suppliers in sustainable supply chain of the automotive industry in Iran is done by the cross-efficiency model presented in this paper.
 Results: The results showed that, according to the criteria of the triple profit model (including 3 dimensions, 7 criteria), supplier No. 8 was identified as the most efficient decision maker unit (DMU) among 12 suppliers of Iran Khodro Company.
 Limitations of the investigation: The main constraints include the timeliness of information gathering and the lack of cooperation of suppliers in providing information.
 Originality / Value: Using the cross efficiency model in data envelopment analysis technique in the field of evaluating supplier performance is a very practical and unrestricted approach.
Highlights
The term sustainable development is defined by the World Commission on Environment and Development as development that seeks to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (Camioto et al, 2017)
The cross efficiency measure derived from the underlying models of data envelopment analysis is generally not unique and the performance of a decision-making unit may be improved by worsening the performance of the rest of the units, depending on the optimal linear programming solutions being used
The results of this study showed that the cross efficiency model in data envelopment analysis is a very practical model for measuring the performance of supply chain performance
Summary
The term sustainable development is defined by the World Commission on Environment and Development as development that seeks to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (Camioto et al, 2017). 3. In any case, as Doyle and Green (1994) point out, the lack of uniqueness of the probable weight of the optimal data envelopment analysis may reduce the usefulness of cross-efficiency. The cross efficiency measure derived from the underlying models of data envelopment analysis is generally not unique and the performance (cross-efficiency) of a decision-making unit may be improved by worsening the performance of the rest of the units, depending on the optimal linear programming solutions being used. Sustainability in the supply chain means pushing the supply chain towards the social, economic, and environmental aspects and addressing the existing problems in the traditional supply chain
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