An Approach to Selecting a Suitable Supplier

Supplier performance measurement has attracted much attention from researchers. In the supply chain concept, supplier performance measurement results reveal the effects of methods and potential opportunities for selection improvement. Performance measurement is an indispensable management tool. This paper presents a fuzzy decision making approach to supplier selection problem. Many quantitative and qualitative factors such as quality, and flexibility and delivery performance must be considered to determine suitable suppliers. In this paper, linguistic values are used to assess the weights for these factors. Evaluations have been carried out to assess particularly the effects of suitable suppliers on the supply chain service. An approach to improve suitable supplier performance in an unsuitable environment has been analyzed.