Table 5

Summary of sensitivity analysis and rank stability

Sub-criterionOriginal rankRank range (S1–S6)Stability statusSensitive to changes in:
Cost11–1HighNone
Quality22–2HighNone
Reliability33–3HighNone
Lead Time44–4HighNone
Flexibility55–5HighNone
Environmental Legal and Policy Framework66–7ModerateEnv ↓
Health and Safety76–8ModerateEnv ↑, Env ↓, Soc↓
Green Packaging87–8ModerateEnv ↑, Soc ↓
Reduction of Accidents99–11LowEnv ↑, Soc ↓
Carbon Footprint109–10ModerateEnv ↑, Soc ↓
Resource Consumption1110–11ModerateEnv ↑, Soc ↓
Green Transportation Channel1212–14LowEnv ↓, Soc ↑
Investment in Local Community1312–13ModerateEnv ↓, Soc ↑
Client Relationship1413–14ModerateEnv ↓
Interests and Rights of Employees1515–15HighNone

Note(s): A ±10% relative change (w × 1.10 or w × 0.90) was applied to one main-dimension weight at a time, and the remaining weights were re-normalized to sum to 1 before recalculating global weights and rankings

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