An integrated approach for measuring the performance of suppliers in the pharmaceutical industry: A case study

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 267-295

  Saki, Pegah ^a   Ebrahimnejad, Sadoullah ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; DEA; Decision making trial and evaluation laboratory; DEMATEL; FANP; Fuzzy analytic network process; Performance measurement; Ranking DMUS; Suppliers; The pharmaceutical industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944386180     PISSN: 17427967     EISSN: 17427975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2015.072283     Document Type: Article

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