Analyzing the sourcing alternatives in an Indian manufacturing company

Journal of Advances in Management Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-44

  Routroy, Srikanta ^a   Pradhan, Sudeep Kumar ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process; In hyphen; house production; India; Manufacturing industries; Supplier development; Supplier relations; Supplier switching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892408141     PISSN: 09727981     EISSN: 20493207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09727981311327749     Document Type: Article

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