Evaluation and Selection of Steel Company Suppliers with the Fuzzy AHP approach & The Vikor method

In a competitive market environment, manufacturing organizations in addition to addressing internal organization and resource issues, they also need to manage and monitor related resources outside the organization. In fact, this is because of the competitive advantage it aims to gain more market share. One of the early activities of the supply chain, increase customer service by increasing product quality and it s available. Given the purpose of any organization Increasing value creation while reducing costs; Therefore, proper supplier management is one of the most important issues in the supply chain discussion, Because the main costs of a product are the cost of raw materials and purchases And most companies have to Spend a significant amount of their income on purchasing from suppliers. Therefore, choosing the right suppliers it is one of the most important issues in the supply chain and to evaluate and select the best suppliers we need to make decisions based on different criteria. Hence, in this research after determining the steel supplier selection criteria by fuzzy approach and weighting criteria with the help of the AHP method, using the Vikor method to evaluate and rank steel suppliers in one example, we have a case example.

Evaluation and Selection of Steel Company Suppliers with the Fuzzy AHP approach & The Vikor method Keywords:

Supplier Selection , MADM , Fuzzy Approach , AHP Method , Vikor Method.