Title :
IT Based Supply Chain Agility Evaluation Using a New TOPSIS with Interval Data
Author :
Fasanghari, Mehdi ; Kamalabadi, Isa Nakhai ; Mirzaei, A.H.
Author_Institution :
Res. Center of Iran, Iran Telecommun., Tehran
Abstract :
Companies attempt to companies are attempting to find ways to improve their flexibility and responsiveness and in turn competitiveness by changing their operations strategy, methods and technologies that include the implementation of Supply Chain Management (SCM) paradigm. Hence, Information Technology (IT) can enhance the agility of SCM. The aspects, however, which IT impact on SCM are not equal. In this paper, we specify the areas that IT affects on supply chain, and evaluate it. The evaluation has been done by a new TOPSIS method which is used interval data in its calculations.
Keywords :
agile manufacturing; information technology; supply chain management; IT based supply chain agility evaluation; TOPSIS method; information technology; interval data; supply chain management; Customer relationship management; Delay; Design methodology; Humans; Industrial engineering; Information technology; Instruction sets; Logistics; Supply chain management; Supply chains; Agility; Interval data; Supply chain; TOPSIS;
Conference_Titel :
Convergence and Hybrid Information Technology, 2008. ICCIT '08. Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3407-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICCIT.2008.351