supplier evaluation and selection is important in supply chain management. this is a typical multiple criteria decision making that consists of both quantitative and qualitative factors. ahp is a proper approach to aid this decision making problem, because of its inherent capacity to handle qualitative and quantitative criteria, but when criteria are dependent this method is not so good. also t...

In this paper, we present a model of lean supplier management between an OEM and its suppliers for the objectives of eliminating wastes, reducing cost and improvement continuously based on the lean production. This model includes supplier selection and categorization, supplier improvement, supplier certification and supplier evaluation. First, the supplier selection process and some basic princ...

Supplier selection in supply chain is critical strategic decision for organization’s success and has attracted much attention of both academic researchers and practitioners. Supplier selection problem consists of stochastic and recognitive uncertainties. However, the requirement of large sample size and strong subject knowledge to build suitable fuzzy membership function restrict the applicabil...

––In the supplier selection process, the most important issue is to determine suitable decision making criteria for selecting the right supplier. This research aimed to identify the most important criteria to be used as a baseline for a supplier selection process of automobile sector in India. The results are based on the feedback from automobile sector in India. The common questionnaire was us...

This paper examines the existing literature on green supplier selection. In total, 60 articles are reviewed, all published in peer-reviewed journals between 1991 and 2011. The articles are analyzed in terms of several general variables such as type of research and theoretical viewpoint, as well as more specific variables such as the supply chain position considered, stages of the supplier selec...

Today supplier selection is a critical and demanding process for the industry, which provides the company with the accurate product/raw material and/or services at the right price at the right time and in the required quantities. Consequently, supplier selection become very important for maintaining planned association. The objective of this paper is to introduce a method of supplier selection ...

In today’s highly rival market, an effective supplier selection process is vital to the success of any manufacturing system. Selecting the appropriate supplier is always a difficult task because suppliers posses varied strengths and weaknesses that necessitate careful evaluations prior to suppliers’ ranking. This is a complex process with many subjective and objective factors to consider ...

Prefabricated building is an efficient mode. Compared with the traditional mode, prefabricated has advantages of less pollution, high construction efficiency, being more labor-saving, and economy, which in line China’s sustainable development strategy. This paper proposes a supplier selection evaluation model based on mechanism equation (SEM) intuitionistic fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (IFA...