Fresh Agricultural Products Supplier Evaluation and Selection for Community Group Purchases Based on AHP and Entropy Weight VIKOR Model

The outbreak and persistence of COVID-19 and the lack of effective management of the agricultural product supply chain have made the green and safe supply of fresh agricultural products an increasingly prominent issue. As a derivative of the new retail model, the community group purchases platforms have become the main spots for Chinese residents to consume fresh agricultural products. Therefore, the selection of safe and reliable suppliers of fresh agricultural products has become an inescapable focal issue in the development of community group purchases platforms. This paper proposes a three-stage evaluation index system for sustainable supplier selection of fresh agricultural products from the perspective of safety and sustainability, taking into account several aspects of suppliers such as product quality, service, development, technology and green. Then combine AHP with the entropy-weighted VIKOR method to calculate the combined weight of each indicator and prioritize candidate suppliers. Meanwhile, an numerical example is presented to verify the effectiveness of the proposed evaluation model. This paper aims to provide a reference for relevant community group purchases platforms and suppliers to form their own core competitiveness for better development. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.