A decision model for ranking suppliers in the presence of cardinal and ordinal data, weight restrictions, and nondiscretionary factors

Reza Farzipoor Saen

doi:10.1007/s10479-009-0556-x

A decision model for ranking suppliers in the presence of cardinal and ordinal data, weight restrictions, and nondiscretionary factors

Reza Farzipoor Saen

Operations Management & Business Statistics

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Abstract

Selecting an appropriate supplier for outsourcing is now one of the most important decisions of the purchasing department. This paper proposes a model for ranking suppliers in the presence of weight restrictions, nondiscretionary factors, and cardinal and ordinal data. A numerical example demonstrates the application of the proposed method.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	177-192
Number of pages	16
Journal	Annals of Operations Research
Volume	172
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-009-0556-x
Publication status	Published - Jan 2009

Keywords

Cardinal and ordinal data
Data envelopment analysis
Nondiscretionary factors
Supplier ranking
Weights restriction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Decision Sciences(all)
Management Science and Operations Research

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