Title : 
Partner selection method for supply chain virtual enterprises based on ANP
         
        
            Author : 
Tang, Xiao-Bo ; Liu, Ting-Ting
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Inf. Manage., Wuhan Univ., Wuhan, China
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper researches on selecting the agile, competitive and compatible partners, which is the key link in the establishment of virtual enterprise. According to the analysis of existing methods, this paper proposes a method based on analytic network process (ANP) which is more applicable to the reality. In addition, it provides a specific example to prove this method.
         
        
            Keywords : 
organisational aspects; statistical analysis; supply chain management; virtual enterprises; analytic network process; partner selection method; supply chain virtual enterprises; Cost function; Decision making; Feedback; Globalization; Information management; Planning; Production; Resource management; Supply chains; Virtual enterprises;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
IT in Medicine & Education, 2009. ITIME '09. IEEE International Symposium on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Jinan
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-3928-7
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-3930-0
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ITIME.2009.5236402