Identifying TheRelation Between Effective Factors In Evaluating The Suppliers In Electronic Supply Chain; An Interpretive – Structural Modeling Approach

ABSTRACT: The growth of competitive pressure, has forced many organizations to offer their products and services in the better, faster and cheaper way than their competitors do. Managers have also perceived that to do so can’t happen without reliable suppliers. On the other hand the expansion of internet use has caused great changes in the concept of supply chain. In other words, by fusion of supply chain realm with e-commerce realm, the new business methods and innovative attitude towards supply chain are observed. In this study we search for a framework to help managers to determine the most important evaluating factors and select the best suppliers and also discover the relations between these factors in electronic supply chain.