Supplier Selection by Fuzzy Assessment and Testing for Process Quality under Consideration with Data Imprecision

Kuen-Suan Chen, Tsang-Chuan Chang and Chien-Che Huang
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Kuen-Suan Chen: Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung 41170, Taiwan
Tsang-Chuan Chang: College of Intelligence, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Taichung 40401, Taiwan
Chien-Che Huang: Department of Leisure and Recreation Management, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Taichung 40401, Taiwan

Mathematics, 2020, vol. 8, issue 9, 1-14

Abstract: Supply chain management models integrate upstream and downstream organizations to enable rapid response to consumer needs. For the manufacturing industry, the process quality of suppliers is thus the foundation of sustainable growth for firms and an important indicator of whether a firm can effectively reduce waste and protect the environment. To this end, this paper proposes a model of supplier selection for manufacturers based on process quality assessment. First of all, Six Sigma quality index Q p k is adopted as the assessment tool to conveniently measure the quality level of process. Practical applications require estimates of Q p k from the data collected to analyze the process quality of each supplier. The fact that uncertainty is unavoidable in the collected data means that using the crisp estimate of Q p k can lead to misjudgment of the process quality. To enhance the reliability of evaluation and reduce the risk of misjudgment, the fuzzy number Q ^ ˜ p k is proposed to perform the fuzzy testing of two indices Q p k provided by suppliers with the intent of making reliable decisions on supplier selection.

Keywords: Six Sigma quality index; process quality; fuzzy number; fuzzy testing; supplier selection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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