Fuzzy decision guided component supplier selection

Author

Huang, Xingang ; Wong, Yoke San ; Liu, Zhejie

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

5-8 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

610

Abstract

Global market today demands rapid introduction of products while maintaining high quality and minimal costs. To accomplish the goals in a timely and efficient manner, companies are considering the power of collaboration across the product lifecycle. This paper proposes a fuzzy decision guided method to optimize the component supplier selection in a dynamic collaborative environment. An objective function is advanced to formalize the component supplier selection problem. Fuzzy factors, fuzzy decision of the selection and their relations are analyzed. A fuzzy decisions based optimization algorithm is developed to select a set of suppliers that can provide the components at low prices and in time.

Keywords

critical path analysis; decision making; decision support systems; fuzzy set theory; optimisation; component supplier selection; critical path analysis; fuzzy decision guided method; fuzzy decisions based optimization algorithm; fuzzy factors; objective function; Collaboration; Companies; Costs; Globalization; Integer linear programming; Linear programming; Mathematical programming; Mechanical engineering; Memory; Optimization methods;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2003. IEEE International Conference on

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7952-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2003.1243882

Filename

1243882