Title: Supplier development benefits: a need of effective and efficient supply chain

Authors: Manojkumar V. Dalvi; Vishal A. Bhosale; Anjali S. More

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Navsahyadri Group of Institutes, Faculty of Engineering, Naigaon, Pune, India ' School of Mechanical Engineering, MIT Academy of Engineering, Alandi, Pune-412105, India ' AIML Department, Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Pune, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India

Abstract: This paper provides a comprehensive approach for understanding and addressing the benefits of supplier development activities (BSDAs), contributing valuable insights about supplier development (SD). A hybrid three-stage framework is suggested which involves fuzzy Delphi (FD), interpretive structural modelling (ISM), and fuzzy matrice d'impacts croises multiplication appliquee a un classement (MICMAC) for analysing BSDAs. This research identifies 34 BSDAs through literature search and expert opinions. FD is used to finalise 15 BSDAs. ISM is employed to identify the BSDAs interrelationships, whereas fuzzy MICMAC determines the power of each BSDA, i.e., driving power and dependence power. In total 15 BSDAs are finalised out of 34 identified BSDAs for this study through FD method. The outcome of this paper is beneficial useful for purchase managers or decision makers to trade-off between the BSDAs and the initialisation of SD in their organisation.

Keywords: fuzzy MICMAC; supplier development benefits; supplier development activities; vendor development; interpretive structural modelling; ISM.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSTM.2025.145530

International Journal of Services Technology and Management, 2025 Vol.30 No.1, pp.1 - 27

Received: 20 Mar 2024
Accepted: 22 Apr 2024
Published online: 02 Apr 2025 *

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