The present research aims to propose a Supplier Selection Model that creates collaborative relationships in Supply Chains, so suppliers can be previously categorized into the cooperation, coordination and collaboration levels. Applied, quantitative, exploratory descriptive methods were used. A bibliographical research, questionnaire, quantitative modeling adopted as methodological procedures. m...

There are several methods for Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) such as multiple attribute utility theory (MAUT), the analytical hierarchy process (AHP), and Fuzzy AHP. However, these methods are compensatory optimization approaches for which bad score on some criteria can be compensated by excellent scores on other criteria. So, the Elimination and Choice Translating Reality III (ELECTRE I...

Over the last three decades a large body of research in the field of ELECTRE family methods appeared. This research has been conducted by several researchers mainly in Europe. The purpose of this chapter is to present a survey of the ELECTRE methods since their first appearance in mid-sixties, when ELECTRE I was proposed by Bernard Roy and his colleagues at SEMA consultancy company. The chapter...