Supplier selection based on fuzzy dematel and fuzzy topsis

Abstract

Recent change in the industry focus towards supply chain profitability improvement has made the field of supply chain management very attractive for the researchers. Supply chain is a complex network transferring material, information and funds across number of linked entities. The organizations are required to take significant number of strategic, tactical and operational decisions at various stages of supply chain to increase the productivity and performance. Supplier selection is one such crucial decision involving multiple objectives and conflicting tradeoffs. To choose most appropriate supplier, it is first required to weigh their performance on relevant set of criteria and compare them meticulously. Next, suppliers would be ranked based on taking into account of criteria’s weights.