Vendor Selection via Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process: A Case Study

Companies in order to attain the goals of competition have been increasingly considering better vendor selection approaches. Vendor selection problem (VSP) is a Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) problems involving high degree of fuzziness. Fuzziness is involved in the multiple criteria used for selecting and ranking the best vendor. To solve this decision problem, Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process applied to a situation involving the nationwide wholesale distribution of grocery products.