Presentation of a multi-criteria decision making approach (BWM) for suppliers segmentation, Case Study: Dairy Companies

Subject Areas : Industrial Management

Armin Cheraghalipour ^{1 *} , Emad Roghanian ²

1 - Faculty of Industrial Engineering, K. N. Toosi university of technology
2 - Faculty of Industrial Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2019-03-27 Accepted : 2019-07-07 Published : 2019-08-23

Keywords: Best-worst Method, supplier segmentation, Multi-Criteria Decision Making, dairy companies,

Abstract :

Today, given the globalization of the business world, companies expanded their activities beyond the geographical boundaries of countries and continents, and entered into global markets. For this reason, on the one hand, the competitive advantage of organizations has increased, on the other hand, the supply chain is expanding and communication with its various sectors has increased. By increasing these connections and expanding supply chains, companies have become more vulnerable to risks and disruptions. Over the years, there have been many methods for evaluating and selecting suppliers, but the point that is often neglected is the segmentation of suppliers in this process. The purpose of this research is to provide an approach to supplier segmentation. Indicators of this research have been studied in two dimensions of capability and willingness. In this research, suppliers of one of the major dairy companies of Mazandaran province are evaluated using the best-worst method and these suppliers are segmented according to the selected criteria. According to the results, most of suppliers are placed in the first and fourth regions, which the results and analysis can be helpful to improve the organizations studied.

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