Evaluation of the supplier performance using an evolutionary fuzzy-based approach

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 735-744

  Jain, Vipul ^a   Tiwari, M K ^a   Chan, F T S ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOUNDRY AND FORGE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Supplier evaluation; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; EVALUATION; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FUZZY SETS; LINGUISTICS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STANDARDS;

DELIVERY PERFORMANCE; SUPPLIER EVALUATION; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (SCM); SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK (SCN);

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 10344267517     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410380410565320     Document Type: Article

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