Power grid equipment is the guarantee of the safe and stable operation of power grids, selecting rational power grid equipment suppliers is the focus of power grid enterprise. In order to select the equipment supplier for grid enterprises more objectively and comprehensively, this paper proposes a power grid equipment supplier selection method based on cloud model and hesitant linguistic inform...

The supplier is an important member in the supply chain. The work of supplier evaluation is also an essential effect for the good operation of the manufacturing supply chain. However, supply chain has some characteristics. They are dynamic composition, the complicated management and the high risk. These characteristics determine that supplier evaluation is complex and difficult. Therefore, in t...

Traditional DEA method is improper for supplier evaluation and selection, as it adopts varying weights in evaluation, and fails to consider competition among the suppliers. In order to solve these two problems, Nash bargaining game DEA model is applied to supplier evaluation in present paper. However, there is a non-uniqueness problem with Nash bargaining game efficiency of supplier in existing...

Supplier evaluation and selection, an important element in supplier-based manufacturing and supply chain management has been gaining attention in both academic literature and industrial practice. In this paper, we presented a modified data envelopment analysis (DEA) method for supplier selection which can operate under conditions of imprecise information. A brief description of the importance o...

Supplier selection is a major strategy for manufacture to run the production process smoothly. Supplier categorization, selection and performance evaluation are decisions of strategic importance to companies. Global competition, mass customization, high customer expectations and harsh economic conditions are forcing companies to rely on external suppliers to contribute a larger portion of parts...

Abstract Electric power market competition is intense. The competition between the various power plants will is the contest of economic efficiency as the core. Fuel cost is the center link of production management and economic accounting in thermal power plant, so selection management of the coal-fired supplier has great significance for the development of thermal power enterprise and improveme...

The strategic supplier-related activity of supplier segmentation focuses on the evaluation of suppliers, identifying different approaches, identifying the most suitable criteria and proper methods to segment the suppliers. The main aim of the evaluation of suppliers is to form different groups from the selected suppliers to create different supplier management strategies for segments involved. ...

This paper presents the development of a model based decision support system with a case study on solving the supplier selection problem in a chemical processing industry. For the evaluation and selection of supplier, the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and grey relational analysis (GRA) were used. The intention of the study is to propose an appropriate platform for process industries in ...

For many years, purchasing and supplier performance evaluation have been discussed in both academic and industrial circles to improve buyer-supplier relationship. In this study, a novel model is presented to evaluate supplier performance according to different purchasing classes. In the proposed method, clustering analysis is applied to develop purchasing portfolio model using available data in...

supplier evaluation and selection is complex which caused by the dynamic and fuzzy environment. current mcdm methods do not consider the nature of the environment that can affect the process of evaluation and ranking. the aim of this study is to propose a dynamic fuzzy hybrid mcdm method for evaluation, ranking and selection. the proposed method employs fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (fahp) f...