Supplier selection in Supply Chain Management: a fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making approach

Sreekumar and S.S. Mahapatra

International Journal of Services and Operations Management, 2011, vol. 8, issue 1, 108-126

Abstract: In a supply chain, selection of right suppliers is a strategic consideration. Supplier selection is the process of finding suitable suppliers from the set of alternative suppliers who can be strategic partners to the organisation and provide the right quality of product or services at the right price at the right time. Such a problem is highly complex one because it involves a number of qualitative and quantitative factors having interdependencies among themselves. To deal such a complex problem, a fuzzy multi-criteria decision making approach in group decision making environment is proposed.

Keywords: supplier selection; multicriteria decision making; MCDM; fuzzy numbers; SCM; supply chain management; distance measures; alternative suppliers; strategic partners; qualitative factors; quantitative factors; interdependencies; group decision making; services management; operations management. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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