Ranking the Suppliers of Iranian Industries using a FAHP Approach

Supply chain management is an important concept and discipline which enables business partners to integrate products and services effectively and to build long-term relationships. SCM can be extensively defined as effective coordination on material, product, delivery, payment, and information flows between enterprises and trading partners (Wu and Chuang ‚ 2010). Supplier Evaluation is of increasing importance for companies and their further business development due to the fact that companies are concentrating on their core competencies. Next to that a distinctive supplier evaluation includes all internal departments and their feedback about supplier’s performance to receive a whole picture of supplier’s potential. Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP) is a new multi-criteria evaluation method evolved from Saaty's AHP. In this paper, designed Questionnaires are sent to 20 professional experts in different departments of Abzarsazi Company in Iran. So, this paper aimed to find out and rank the key factors of supplier selection criteria’s and present a suitable ranking for supplier of Abzarsazi Company using a Fuzzy AHP approach.

Supply chain management (SCM), Fuzzy sets, Fuzzy AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process)