Title: Supplier selection and evaluation method using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP): a case study on an apparel manufacturing organisation

Authors: Mohammad Marufuzzaman, Kazi Badrul Ahsan, Ke Xing

Addresses: Department of Industrial Engineering & Management (IEM), Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET), Khulna-9203, Bangladesh. ' Department of Industrial Engineering & Management (IEM), Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET), Khulna-9203, Bangladesh. ' School of Advanced Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering, University of South Australia, Australia

Abstract: Supplier selection, one of the most important issues of a company, must be systematically considered from the decision makers| perspectives. For this reason, the supplier selection process were evaluated by researchers for many years in a large framework comprised of various experimental and analytical techniques and successful applications were done in various sectors. In this paper, supplier selection is considered a multicriteria decision problem and a model is proposed by using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). The evaluation criteria are developed and used successfully in the proposed model. A detailed step-by-step implementation method is presented in this paper and a case study based on an apparel manufacturing organisation is conducted to prove the validity of the method.

Keywords: analytical hierarchy process; AHP; supplier selection; key evaluation indicators; multicriteria decision making; MCDM; apparel manufacturing; clothing manufacturing; garment manufacturing.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVCM.2009.026958

International Journal of Value Chain Management, 2009 Vol.3 No.2, pp.224 - 240

Published online: 09 Jul 2009 *

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