Abstract Electric power market competition is intense. The competition between the various power plants will is the contest of economic efficiency as the core. Fuel cost is the center link of production management and economic accounting in thermal power plant, so selection management of the coal-fired supplier has great significance for the development of thermal power enterprise and improveme...

Supplier’s Selection is one among the foremost essential activities of supply chain management. Supplier’s Selection could be an advanced activity involving qualitative and quantitative multi-criteria. A trade-off between these tangible and intangible factors is essential in choosing the most effective Supplier.This paper explains the various methodsfor supplier selection and the use of AHP in ...

Supplier selection, the process of finding the right suppliers who are able to provide the buyer with the right quality products and/or services at the right price, at the right time and in the right quantities, is one of the most critical activities for establishing an effective supply chain, and is typically a multi-criteria group decision problem. In many practical situations, there usually ...

In the new competitive environment, selecting and planning of the supply chain is very crucial and involves evaluation of many factors. Different approaches have been applied to assess the supplier/s. Most of these studies are based upon the supplier/s' capabilities. It may be neither rational nor economical to deal with each item via a generic material control system. Furthermore, supplier...