Supplier Evaluation and Selection: A Case Example of Motorcycle Manufacturing Company

Abstract

This paper proposes a decision support model guiding managers to evaluate and select propersuppliers for their organization. In this study, Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) is applied to develop adecision support model for supplier selection. Along with the proposed model, case examples measuringthe strategic fit of each supplier with respect to a subject company in motorcycle manufacturing sector arealso presented to demonstrate the process how the model can be developed and used. The findings of thisstudy indicate that the proposed model with six main factors can solve the past problems in which only costand long time of business partnership were concerned. With the use of proposed model, it is anticipated thatwill be able to support decision making process for supplier selection.

Keywords : Supplier Evaluation / Automotive Part Suppliers / AHP