TY - JOUR
AU1 - Robert J. Vokurka
AU2 - Joobin Choobineh
AU3 - Lakshmi Vadi
AB - Suggests that the evaluation and selection of potential suppliers is becoming a more important and critical decision in today’s competitive operating environment. Reveals that many firms are reducing their number of suppliers and the supplier base may provide a company with a strategic competitive advantage. Explains that the supplier selection decision now involves many judgemental factors in addition to the historical selection criteria. Offers a prototype expert system which enables users to evaluate and select a potential supplier based on the strategic importance of the product involved, quantitative data and qualitative factors. The system’s early validation results show its potential as an effective decision‐making aid.
TI - A prototype expert system for the evaluation and selection of potential suppliers
JF - International Journal of Operations & Production Management
DO - 10.1108/01443579610151788
DA - 1996-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/emerald-publishing/a-prototype-expert-system-for-the-evaluation-and-selection-of-BJfbbnt2xg
SP - 106
EP - 127
VL - 16
IS - 12
DP - DeepDyve
ER -