AN OVERVIEW OF FUZZY TECHNIQUES IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: BIBLIOMETRICS, METHODOLOGIES, APPLICATIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
综述了1998至2020年间301篇关于供应链管理中模糊技术的论文，通过文献计量、方法和应用分析，揭示了出版趋势、流行方法（如模糊多准则决策）和热点应用（如供应商选择），并提出了未来研究方向。
Every practice in supply chain management (SCM) requires decision making. However, due to the complexity of evaluated objects and the cognitive limitations of individuals, the decision information given by experts is often fuzzy, which may make it difficult to make decisions. In this regard, many scholars applied fuzzy techniques to solve decision making problems in SCM. Although there were review papers about either fuzzy methods or SCM, most of them did not use bibliometrics methods or did not consider fuzzy sets theory-based techniques comprehensively in SCM. In this paper, for the purpose of analyzing the advances of fuzzy techniques in SCM, we review 301 relevant papers from 1998 to 2020. By the analyses in terms of bibliometrics, methodologies and applications, publication trends, popular methods such as fuzzy MCDM methods, and hot applications such as supplier selection, are found. Finally, we propose future directions regarding fuzzy techniques in SCM. It is hoped that this paper would be helpful for scholars and practitioners in the field of fuzzy decision making and SCM.