Paper
Presenting a Pattern for Assessing the Suppliers by Combining Group AHP Approach & the TOPSIS Technique
- Authors:
- Ramzan Gholami; Amir Abbas Yazdani
- Abstract
- Decision making has been described as one of the principles of management and considering the importance of supply chain in any organization, the necessity of optimized organizational management and pursuance of a desirable decision making pattern, decision making therefore has an important role in improvement of any organization. Operations research techniques are suitable tools for decision making processes. In this paper, we intend to present a reliable and applied pattern for assessment of our organization's indices and selecting suitable suppliers for raw materials by combining group AHP approach and the TOPSIS technique. The case study of the present research is Mazandaran wood & paper industries (MWPI), which is the largest producer of paper in the Middle East and uses a continuous production line for producing its products. Many types of raw materials play critical roles in its processes and the above mentioned company always has to make logical decisions and select suitable suppliers.
- Keywords
- Supplier Chain; Management; AHP; TOPSIS
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- 10
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