Exploring the importance of different supplier selection criteria

Management Research Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-105

  Kar, Arpan Kumar ^a   Pani, Ashis K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT ROHTAK   (India)

^b XLRI XAVIER SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Manufacturing industries; Purchasing; Supplier selection criteria; Vendor selection criteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890882445     PISSN: 20408269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MRR-10-2012-0230     Document Type: Article

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