The supplier selection process attracted a lot of attention in the business management literature. This process takes into consideration several quantitative and qualitative variables and is usually modeled as a multi-attribute decision making (MADM) problem. A recognized shortcoming in the literature of classical MADM methods is that they don’t permit the identification of interdependencies am...

Supplier selection is a major strategy for manufacture to run the production process smoothly. Supplier categorization, selection and performance evaluation are decisions of strategic importance to companies. Global competition, mass customization, high customer expectations and harsh economic conditions are forcing companies to rely on external suppliers to contribute a larger portion of parts...

This paper focuses on the problem of supplier portfolio selection where a company has to choose best possible set suppliers with respect various constraints. An intuitive heuristic can suggest use any methods for ranking and then put first one into portfolio. If some required constraint is not met, second according added, so on, until all constraints are satisfied. However, such approach result...

ISO/TS 16949 is an ISO Technical Specification. ISO/TS 16949 achieves the objectives which are continually to improve the production of automobile parts and related services, and to strengthen the international competition for the automotive industry and its suppliers. By applying this quality system standard, automotive manufacturers could offer superior products and good services to customers...

The AKSIO project is developing an integrated operations system to achieve cost efficient drilling and increased recovery from offshore oilfields. The system will provide timely and contextual knowledge for work processes. It supports decision-making by continuously updating an assessment of the drilling situation and ranking the available options for actions. AKSIO supports collaborative work ...

Outsourcing has become a common strategy in the information system/information technology (IS/IT) field in recent years. Many organizations attempt to enhance their competitiveness, reduce costs, increase their focus on internal resources and core activities, and sustain competitive advantage by IS/ IT outsourcing. Selection of appropriate outsourcing partners is an extremely important goal for...

Sourcing addresses critical decisions of what to buy, how much to buy, whom to buy from, and how to manage relationship with suppliers. Decision making in sourcing can involve a few hundred offerings each of which is described by several dozen attributes. When using traditional decision analysis techniques, sourcing specialists are often having difficulties in assigning appropriate weights to a...

Premise This Expression of Interest is supported by the Monet2 Network of Excellence (Model Based Systems and Qualitative ReasoningEU Project Number IST-33540.) and has been produced by the Automotive Task Group of the Network. The proposal is the result of a discussion involving expert representatives from several automotive manufactures and suppliers (e.g.: Actia, Audi, BMW, Centro Ricerche F...

Supplier selection is one of the most crucial components of the purchasing function, being essential to improve the entity’s competitiveness and to increase customer’s satisfaction. There are different proposals to perform this task, being the added-value perspective one of the most interesting. This approach uses both quantitative and qualitative data for supplier selection, being its main aim...

Supplier selection is a multiple-attribute decision-making (MADM) problem. Since the decision makers (DMs) such as preferences on alternatives or on the attributes of suppliers are often uncertain, supplier selection becomes more difficult. Grey theory is one of the methods used to study uncertainty, being superior in the mathematical analysis of systems with uncertain information. In this pape...