TY - JOUR
T1 - Supplier selection in the presence of dual-role factors, non-discretionary inputs and weight restrictions
AU - Noorizadeh, Abdollah
AU - Mahdiloo, Mahdi
AU - Saen, Reza Farzipoor
PY - 2011/8
Y1 - 2011/8
N2 - The decision of supplier selection is strategic and crucial to the success of corporations. For selecting suppliers, data envelopment analysis (DEA), as a multiple criteria decision-making tool, has been applied for several times. However, there may exist some particular situations in supplier selection problem; i.e. (1) the presence of dual-role factor which may be classified either an input or an output. The quantity of such a factor may influence the relative efficiency of the suppliers, (2) the presence of non-discretionary or exogenously fixed inputs; in any realistic situation, there may exist nondiscretionary criteria that are beyond the control of a management and (3) the presence of weight restrictions; sometimes it is needed to incorporate the preferences of managers and decision-makers into DEA model which is used to select suppliers. The objective of this paper is to propose a DEA model for selecting suppliers in the presence of dual-role factors, non-discretionary inputs and weight restrictions. A numerical example demonstrates the application of the proposed model.
AB - The decision of supplier selection is strategic and crucial to the success of corporations. For selecting suppliers, data envelopment analysis (DEA), as a multiple criteria decision-making tool, has been applied for several times. However, there may exist some particular situations in supplier selection problem; i.e. (1) the presence of dual-role factor which may be classified either an input or an output. The quantity of such a factor may influence the relative efficiency of the suppliers, (2) the presence of non-discretionary or exogenously fixed inputs; in any realistic situation, there may exist nondiscretionary criteria that are beyond the control of a management and (3) the presence of weight restrictions; sometimes it is needed to incorporate the preferences of managers and decision-makers into DEA model which is used to select suppliers. The objective of this paper is to propose a DEA model for selecting suppliers in the presence of dual-role factors, non-discretionary inputs and weight restrictions. A numerical example demonstrates the application of the proposed model.
KW - Data envelopment analysis
KW - DEA
KW - Dual-role factors
KW - Non-discretionary inputs
KW - Supplier selection
KW - Weight restrictions
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U2 - 10.1504/IJPQM.2011.041843
DO - 10.1504/IJPQM.2011.041843
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80051649560
SN - 1746-6474
VL - 8
SP - 134
EP - 152
JO - International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management
JF - International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management
IS - 2
ER -