Table 2.

Supplier evaluation criteria

Component	Criterion	Symbol	References
Environmental	Ability and willingness to meet the environmental standards (e.g., ISO 14001 standard)	C1	(Mohammed et al. 2019; Yu et al. 2019; Jain and Singh 2020; Zhou and Xu  2018; Arabsheybani et al. 2018; Sen et al. 2018; Luthra et al. 2017).
	Ability and willingness to invest in specific tech	C2	(Büyüközkan and Çifçi  2011; Luthra et al. 2017; Sen et al. 2018; Jain and Singh 2020).
	Commitment to greening	C3	(Fu et al. 2012; Luthra et al. 2017; Ecer and Pamucar 2020).
Lean	Waiting time to complete an order	C4	(Chang et al. 2011; Choy et al. 2003; Punniyamoorthy et al. 2011).
	Warranty policies	C5	(Dickson 1966; Guo et al. 2009; Kuo et al. 2010).
	Effort in eliminating waste	C6	(Huang and Keskar 2007; Punniyamoorthy et al. 2011; Takeishi 2001).
	Product life time	C7	(Chen 2011; Kuo et al. 2010).
	Timely delivery	C8	(Chen 2011; Vinodh et al. 2011; Xia and Wu 2007).
Agile	Long term relationship	C9	(Luo et al. 2009; Punniyamoorthy et al. 2011; Sarkar and Mohapatra 2006).
	Team structures	C10	(Croom 2001; Krishnan and Ulrich 2001; Yauch 2007).
	Communication and e-commerce system	C11	(Guo et al. 2009; Katsikeas et al. 2004).
	Innovative and R&D capabilities	C12	(Chen 2011; Katsikeas et al. 2004).
	Equipment and production capacity	C13	(Dickson 1966; Punniyamoorthy et al. 2011; Weber et al. 1991).
	Quality systems	C14	(Choi and Hartley 1996; Dulmin and Mininno 2003; Hsu and Hu 2009).
	Financial capabilities	C15	(Choi and Hartley 1996; Punniyamoorthy et al. 2011; Vinodh et al. 2011).
	Information sharing level	C16	(Hajji et al. 2011; Krause et al. 2007; Luo et al. 2009).
	Mutual trust	C17	(Amin et al. 2011; Punniyamoorthy et al. 2011; Zhang et al. 2011).
MTTFDs	Mean time to the first delay	C18	(Yalaoui et al. 2005).
Var(TTFDs)	Variance of the time to first delay	C19	(Yalaoui et al. 2005).
TC	Supply cost based on the number of suppliers in different scenarios	C20	(Mettas 2000).