Analyzing barriers to sustainable dairy supply chain using preference rating approach

The objective of this paper is to identify the significant barriers in Dairy Supply Chain (DSC) and to examine the relative significance among them in order to improve the performance of DSC. To achieve this objective graph theory approach has been implemented on the ratings obtained from the field experts. Further, a preference rating approach has been incorporated in which comparative significance rating of identified barriers has been evaluated to prioritize the barriers based on their importance for sustainability of the supply chain. The findings of this research give an idea about the crucial DSC barriers which will help the manager and the concerned people to reduce the losses in their supply chain and make their chain more profitable and time efficient.