Machine learning

Ecology

Process management

Supply chain management

Risk analysis (engineering)

Engineering

Blockchain

Transparency (behavior)

Operations research

Decision support system

Business

Biology

Marketing

Data mining

Computer science

Regret

Sustainability

Supply chain

Decision maker

Computer security

International Journal of Production Research

Blockchain technology is a technology that can effectively support supply chain transparency. An important initial managerial activity is for organisations in supply chains to evaluate and select the most suitable blockchain technology. However, uncertainty and emphasis on sustainable transparency has made this appraisal more complex. This paper: (1) introduces blockchain technology performance measures incorporating various sustainable supply chain transparency and technical attributes; and (2) introduces a new hybrid group decision method, integrated hesitant fuzzy set and regret theory, for blockchain technology evaluation and selection. This method emphasises decision maker psychological characteristics and variation in decision maker opinions. An illustrative application and sensitivity analysis is introduced to aid supply chain managers and researchers understand the blockchain technology selection decision. Methodological and managerial implications associated with the decision tool and application are introduced. This research sets the foundation for significant future research in blockchain technologies evaluation in a supply chain environment.

A supply chain transparency and sustainability technology appraisal model for blockchain technology