Use of analytic network process in vendor selection decisions

Document Type

Article

Department or Administrative Unit

Finance and Supply Chain Management

Publication Date

9-1-2006

Abstract

Purpose

To provide a good insight into the use of analytic network process (ANP) that is a multiple criteria decision‐making methodology in evaluating supplier selection problems.

Design/methodology/approach

Supplier selection problems are multi‐objective problems which have many qualitative and quantitative concerns. In this study, an ANP model is proposed in evaluating supplier selection process as a framework to help managers.

Findings

It is shown that ANP can be used as a decision analysis tool to solve multi‐criteria supplier selection problems that contain interdependencies.

Research limitations/implications

ANP is a complex methodology and requires more comparisons than the traditional AHP and it increases the effort.

Originality/value

Provides an effective framework to guide managers for evaluating suppliers.

Comments

This article was originally published in Benchmarking: An International Journal. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.

Due to copyright restrictions, this article is not available for free download from ScholarWorks @ CWU.

Journal

Benchmarking: An International Journal

Rights

Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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