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Chapter 15
Handbook of Research on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Decision Making for Sustainable Supply Chains
A tool for designing and analyzing complex decisions.
Published in Chapter:
Supplier Selection Improvement Process in an XYZ Company Through DMAIC
Umangkumar Pabari (Concordia University, Canada)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 29
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9570-0.ch015
Abstract
The existing supplier selection process of an XYZ company will be defined and mapped to understand the process characteristics and capabilities and then it will be analyzed to identify non-value-added activities. Corrective actions will be recommended to improve the supplier selection process for the company using DMAIC technique. It will aid in developing a competitive supplier base out of bulk suppliers available in the market that will result in competitive advantage over its peers and achieving the quality, cost, and service enrichment goals.
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Evaluating Occupational Accidents and Disease-Based Sustainable Performances of the Turkish Development Regions Using a Hybrid MCDM Approach
One of the multi-criteria decision-making techniques that allows pairwise comparison of criteria by expert opinions in decision-making processes.
Published in Chapter: Evaluating Occupational Accidents and Disease-Based Sustainable Performances of the Turkish Development Regions Using a Hybrid MCDM Approach; From: Intelligent Engineering Applications and Applied Sciences for Sustainability
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Customer and Order Prioritization With Multi-Criteria Decision Making: An Application in Metal Industry
A method for weighting criteria or alternatives according to pairwise comparison and synthesizing process.
Published in Chapter: Customer and Order Prioritization With Multi-Criteria Decision Making: An Application in Metal Industry; From: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Operations Management and Service Evaluation
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A Proposed Framework for Incorporating Big-Data Technology in National Crisis Management Center
A technique for pairwise comparisons using judgements of experts to derive priority scales.
Published in Chapter: A Proposed Framework for Incorporating Big-Data Technology in National Crisis Management Center; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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TOPSIS in Business Analytics
(AHP) is a technique created by Saaty using a 9 point scale to rank alternatives in a decision process and is useful to get decision maker weights for use in TOPSIS.
Published in Chapter: TOPSIS in Business Analytics; From: Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization
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Critical Success Factors for Effective Backhauling in Distribution Channels of British Supermarkets
A multi-criteria decision method that implements a pair-wise comparison based on the judgement of experts to determine priority scales.
Published in Chapter: Critical Success Factors for Effective Backhauling in Distribution Channels of British Supermarkets; From: Handbook of Research on Recent Perspectives on Management, International Trade, and Logistics
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