Supplier evaluation and selection for a manufacturing industry using analytical hierarchy process - A case study

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 346-365

  Arunkumar, N ^a   Karunamoorthy, L ^b   Muthukumar, S ^b  

^a ST JOSEPH S COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

AHP; Analytical hierarchy process; Multi objective; Pairwise comparison; Performance ranking; Supplier selection

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; MULTI OBJECTIVE; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; PERFORMANCE RANKINGS; SUPPLIER SELECTION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 79960750560     PISSN: 17485037     EISSN: 17485045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2011.041542     Document Type: Article

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