In order to reduce cost, increase quality, and for timely supplying production systems has considerably taken the advantages of supply chain management and these advantages are also competitive. Selection of appropriate supplier has an important role in improvement and efficiency of systems. The models of supplier selection which have already been used by researchers have considered selection o...

In the face of acute global competition, supplier management is rapidly emerging as a crucial issue to any companies striving for business success and sustainable development. To optimize competitive advantages, a company should incorporate ‘‘suppliers” as an essential part of its core competencies. Supplier evaluation, the first step in supplier management, is a complex multi-criteria decision...

Environmental pollution has significantly influenced ecology and has thus become a global issue. To satisfy diverse market demands and to upgrade product competitiveness, companies have prioritized the production of green products. In the initial stage of new product production, companies need to evaluate green component suppliers for those that meet environmental requirements in product design...

  Most supplier selection models consider the buyer’s viewpoint and maximize only the buyer’s profit. This does not necessarily lead to an optimal situation for all the members of a supply chain. Coordination models have been developed to optimize the entire supply chain and align the decisions between its entities. Little research has been done on the application of these models in the supplie...

In supply chain management (SCM), the selection of suppliers plays a vital role in an efficient production process. Over last few years, to form trade-off between quantitative and qualitative criteria, SCM is considered very conclusive. The decisions generally demand different criteria balance every possible inconsistent parameters involving subjectivity uncertainty evaluation information mostl...

Supplier evaluation and selection are critical decision making processes that require consideration of a variety of attributes. Several studies have been performed for effective evaluation and selection of suppliers by utilizing several techniques such as linear weighting methods, mathematical programming models, statistical methods and AI based techniques. One of the successful evaluation meth...

In today’s globally competitive environment, decision makers in supply chains are faced with numerous challenges particularly regarding the selection of suppliers. To assist in this endeavor, we examine a double-layered supply chain where a buyer (vendor) facing the end users has the option of selecting among a cohort of suppliers. The available suppliers have different yield rates and unit cos...

Electronic procurement is frequently defined as the sourcing of goods or services via electronic means, usually through the internet. A major process in the e-procurement decision making is that of supplier selection process. In the real world, the criteria and constraints for such a process are subjective in nature. In this study, the criteria for supplier selection, which already have been es...

The success of a supply chain is highly dependent on selection of best suppliers. These decisions are an important component of production and logistics management for many firms. Little attention is given in the literature to the simultaneous consideration of cardinal and ordinal data in supplier selection process. This paper proposes a new integrated data envelopment analysis (DEA) model whic...