Taguchi Loss Function and the Analytic Hierarchy Process - AHP |
Quality, Price, On-time delivery and Service. |
Build a system for selecting and evaluating suppliers |
Numerical application Segment not specified |
Pi & Low (2006) |
Elimination and Choice Translating Algorithm - ELECTRE and Multiatribute UtilityTheory - MAUT |
Cost, Response time and Quality of service |
Select the most appropriate alternative for outsourcing transportation |
Numerical application Transportation services |
Almeida (2007) |
Preference Ranking Method for Enrichment Evaluation - PROMETHÉE and Fuzzy Goal Programming – FGP |
Financial strength, Capacity utilization, Ratio of university graduates to the total number of employees, Reliability, Flexibility, Information flow, Comparison of in-line and final inspection, Ratio of non-damaged items, Quality certificates, Delivery |
Evaluate outsourcer and develop a supplier management system |
Real life application Textile Industry |
Araz et al. (2007) |
Multicriteria Modeling (without specific methods) |
Not specified |
Propose a systematic for selecting suppliers for private sector projects |
Theoretical Construction industry |
Alencar et al. (2007). |
SMART and Fuzzy Set Theory |
Unit price, quality, delivery, organizational culture and strategy, strategic fit, technical capacity, technical problem solving |
Select a supplier from the perspective of Supply Chain Management - SCM strategy |
Real life application IT industry |
Chou & Chang (2008) |
ELECTRE IV and VIP Analysis methods |
Cost, Culture Design, Quality, Deadline Experience |
Select project designers for a given project. |
Numerical application Segment not specified |
Alencar & Almeida (2008) |
AHP and Fuzzy Theory |
Quality; Price & terms; Supply chain support; Technology. |
Select vendors of products and services |
Numerical application IT industry |
Yang et al. (2008) |
AHP and Multi-objective linear programming - MOLP |
Purchasing costs, Product quality, Delivery reliability, Customer services, Cooperation and Partnership, Financial status |
Propose an integrated approach to supplier selection and purchasing decisions |
Numerical application Segment not specified |
Ting & Cho (2008) |
AHP, Data envelopment analysis - DEA and Neural Network - NN |
Quality, Delivery, Management and Organization |
Select competitive suppliers in a supply chain management perspective |
Real life application – Auto-parts Industry |
Ha & Krishnan (2008) |
Analytic Network Process – ANP and Mixed-integer non-linear programming - MINLP |
Information systems management; Risk management; Quality management system (ISO 9001:2000), |
Evaluate suppliers regarding their qualitative attributes which cannot be modeled with mathematical tools |
Numerical application Segment not specified |
Razmi & Rafiei (2010) |
Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process - FAHP and Fuzzy goal programming - FGP |
Cost; Quality; Service, Risk. |
Select global supplier |
Real life application IT industry |
Ku et al. (2010) |
2-Tuple fuzzy linguistic information |
Supplier’s product quality, Supplier’s delivery/order fulfillment capability, Price/cost reduction performance, Supplier’s postsales service |
Evaluate supplier’s performance |
Real life application- High-tech industry |
Wang (2010) |
Fuzzy multiple attribute decision-making (FMADM) and Fuzzy Set Theory |
Technology capability, Financial health, Knowledge and managerial experience, Capability to access new market, Resource complementarity, Overlapping knowledge bases, Motivation correspondence, Goal correspondence, Compatible cultures |
Propose a method for partner selection of co-development alliances using individual and collaborative utilities |
Real life application IT industry |
Feng et al. (2010). |
Taguchi Loss Function, AHP e Multi-choice goal programming - MCGP |
Product quality, Offering price, Delivery lead time, service, Warranty degree, Experience time, Financial stability |
Select supplier of parts |
Numerical application Segment not specified |
Liao & Kao (2010) |
Constructivist multicriteria decision aid - MCDA-C |
Adaptability, Adequacy, Body of engineering, Drawings, Innovation, Technical Instruction, Outsourced, Environmentalism, Reliability in proposals, Warranties |
Evaluate suppliers of mechanical equipments |
Real life application Engineering company |
Ensslin et al. (2013) |