Designing a Model to Identify and Rank the Factors Influencing the Selection of Suppliers of the Iran Steel National Industrial Group

Subject Areas : Business Strategy

Parastoo Ghoreishvandi ¹ , Mansour Zaranezhad ² , Mohammad Hemati ³ , Ghanbar Amirnejad ⁴

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Received: 2024-10-27 Accepted : 2024-12-13 Published : 2025-09-25

Keywords: MCDM, DEMATEL, Supply chain, Steel industry, Network analysis process.,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to design a model for identification and ranking of factors influencing the selection of suppliers of Iran's National Steel Industrial Group. In terms of the method, the current research is part of the descriptive research and based on its main purpose, it is an exploratory and confirmatory study, and in terms of the applied purpose. After filtering the criteria, based on the DEMATEL technique, the desired criteria affecting the evaluation and selection of suppliers will be determined and the relationship between them and the modeling of these relationships will be done. In the third step, the ANP method is used to weight the criteria. Finally, in the fourth stage, the questionnaire to determine structural modeling relationships is completed by the experts of the organization and using the data obtained from the questionnaires, the method of structural equations is used to confirm the exploratory model. The technique used in the current research was an in-depth interview-Delphi method, a statistical population of 10 knowledgeable experts on the subject of the research, and a non-probability chain sampling method. The results of the research showed that the factor of product authenticity and compliance with the standards and requested analysis of the product are in the first rank and the factors of authentic or exclusive representative of goods and after-sales services (guarantee and warranty) are in the second and third ranks, respectively.

 

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