A novel hybrid MCDM approach for outsourcing vendor selection: A case study for a semiconductor company in Taiwan

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 4796-4804

  Lin, Ya Ti ^a   Lin, Chia Li ^b   Yu, Hsiao Cheng ^a   Tzeng, Gwo Hshiung ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Analytic Network Process (ANP); Multiple criteria decision making (MCDM); Outsourcing; Vendor selection

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC NETWORK PROCESS; EVALUATION MODELS; GLOBAL BUSINESS; MANUFACTURING IS; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING (MCDM); MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING PROBLEMS; PERFORMANCE RANKINGS; SELECTION PROBLEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR COMPANIES; SEMICONDUCTOR SUPPLY CHAIN; STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIP; TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; VENDOR SELECTION;

OUTSOURCING; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SILICON WAFERS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 77950300987     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2009.12.036     Document Type: Article

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