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Multi Criteria Supplier Selection Using Fuzzy PROMETHEE Method

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Supply Chain Management Under Fuzziness

Part of the book series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing ((STUDFUZZ,volume 313))

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The fundamental objective of supply chain management (SCM) is to integrate various suppliers to satisfy market demand. Supplier evaluation and selection is very important for establishing an effective supply chain. As a matter of fact, supplier selection consists of both qualitative and quantitative criteria, so it is considered as a multi criteria decision making (MCDM) problem. Under incomplete or uncertain information, the fuzzy set theory allows us make decisions with approximate reasoning. In order to overcome the uncertainty which is constituted by vague situations in supplier selection, we utilize the “extension of the PROMETHEE method in a fuzzy environment” (F-PROMETHEE). In this chapter, multi criteria supplier selection based on a fuzzy PROMETHEE method with an application to supplier selection decision problem is conducted. The main advantages of the methodology are the user friendliness coming from the linguistic evaluations, and the consideration of the vagueness or fuzziness inherent to the decision making environment. Hence, the method can be an efficient and effective methodology to be used by decision makers on supply chains. The proposed methodology can also be applied to any other selection problem.

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  1. Institut Charles Delaunay (ICD)- FRE CNRS 2848, Laboratoire ďOptimisation des Systèmes Industriels (LOSI), Université de Technologie de Troyes, 12, rue Marie Curie-BP 2060, 10010, Troyes cedex, France

    Ozlem Senvar & Cengiz Kahraman

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    Gülfem Tuzkaya

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Senvar, O., Tuzkaya, G., Kahraman, C. (2014). Multi Criteria Supplier Selection Using Fuzzy PROMETHEE Method. In: Kahraman, C., Öztayşi, B. (eds) Supply Chain Management Under Fuzziness. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 313. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-53939-8_2

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