Supplier segmentation using fuzzy logic

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 507-517

  Rezaei, Jafar ^a   Ortt, Roland ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fuzzy rule based systems; Multi criteria decision making (MCDM); Sensitivity analysis; Supplier relationship management; Supplier segmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878479044     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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