Using data envelopment analysis to compare suppliers for supplier selection and performance improvement

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 143-150

  Liu, Jian ^a   Ding, Fong Yuen ^a   Lall, Vinod ^a  

^a North Dakota State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Performance levels; Supplier evaluation; Supply chain; Target setting

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE LEVELS; SUPPLIER EVALUATION; SUPPLY CHAINS; TARGET SETTING;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0008568757     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540010338893     Document Type: Article

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