Automated bid ranking for decentralized coordination of construction logistics

A best-in-class solution to the supplier selection problem has been presented by means of an intelligent evaluation engine to rank suppliers via a hybrid fuzzy mechanism. A single-product supply chain to provide a standard component of the product has been assumed here. In order to comply with customer suggestions and manufacture the product according to design specifications, two corresponding groups of evaluation criteria have been considered. The proposed mechanism has been carefully implemented and verified via a real world case study in a large building and construction corporation. The main advantages of the model include: removing direct human intervention, overcoming the complexity of computations in resulting algorithm by means of multi agent modules, and ranking suppliers based on both voice of customer and engineering characteristics during all stages of the process. The model includes implications for development of an integrated total system for autonomous supply chain coordination.