Identifying Supply Chain Stability Factors based on Social, Economic, and Environmental Domains in the Automotive Industry (Case Study: Iran Khodro Industrial Co.)

Today’s competitive world has caused the managers to change their view point from traditional management to scientific management. One of the important subjects in industry is management of supply chain because in point of view of most authorities in today’s competitive world, competition at the level of companies has led to competition at the level of supply chains. Management of supply chain has become a strategic issue for each company for reaching goals in economic competitive conditions, time conditions and concerning particular services quality in an economic environment which is described via globalization of trade and speed of industrial cycle. Automobile industry which is one of our nation’s old industries is not an exception regarding this matter. The aim of this research is the application of Fuzzy Delphi approach for identification of sustainability factors of supply chain which at the beginning by review of research theoretical literature three economic, social and environmental dimensions were selected as main dimensions and eighteen indexes as sub-criteria. In the end, after three stages of polling from experts, fifteen indexes were agreed upon.