... faced by SCM professionals globally. Design/methodology/approach In our approach, this paper utilized a knock-out criteria approach to break down 150 identified challenges in SCM to a more manageable number of 12. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was then used to prioritize these challenges...

... management representatives of the case company – a Chinese-based electronic machinery manufacturer – were used to determine green supplier selection criteria. For the second phase, a two-part questionnaire survey was undertaken, the first part providing the data for an analytic hierarchy process (AHP...

... is based on the literature, particularly Fisher's seminal work. It is then applied to two case studies; an electric boiler manufacturer and an elevator manufacturer, both in South Korea. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is used to position purchased components in the model. Findings Different...

... model. The final section summarizes the paper and discusses further research directions. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Supplier relations Environmental management Analytical hierarchy process Green marketing Benchmarking Facing various regulatory and community...

...) and resourced based view (RBV) were combined to develop risk events. Analytical hierarchy process was used for risk calibration. Valid data from 75 outsourcer chains and 41 in‐house chains were collected through a three‐stage survey. Outsourcers were further clustered by risk perception using Wards' and K‐mean...

...” question by applying a quantitative approach called Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Design/methodology/approach The authors examine a Fortune 500 company's real‐world decision about where to outsource and summarize the current selection process employed by the company. We then apply our AHP...

... selection as a multi‐criteria problem. Through the analytical hierarchy process (AHP), in consideration of both quantitative and qualitative criteria, a set of candidate suppliers is identified. A multi‐objective linear programming (MOLP) model, with multiple objectives and a set of system constraints...

.... Risk to the disruption of company operations as it relates to the reliability of suppliers is described as a reliability chain. Findings The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is shown to be the appropriate methodology for evaluating and ranking potential suppliers. Practical implications...

...Ramakrishnan Ramanathan Purpose This paper seeks to propose a methodology to integrate the total cost of ownership (TCO) and the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) approaches for selecting appropriate suppliers for a firm. Design/methodology/approach This paper suggests an interesting way...

...Khurrum S. Bhutta; Faizul Huq Supplier selection and evaluation are arguably one of the most critical functions for the success of an organization. Several approaches exist in the literature to objectively evaluate suppliers, including analytic hierarchy process and total cost of ownership...