Research of the Application of Fuzzy AHP in Supplier Evaluation and Selection

Supplier selection is a multi-criteria decision making problem which includes a great deal of evaluation factors. Supply chain management emphasizes on the strategic cooperative relationship between core enterprise and enterprise alliance. Supply networks are complex adaptive systems. Moreover, recent developments not only complicate but also raise the importance of supplier selection. On the basis of introduction of fuzzy analytical hierarchy process, this paper applies AHP and fuzzy comprehensive evaluation to solve the problem of supplier evaluation and selection. Then the method is illustrated by solving a simplified supplier selection problem. The result shows that the application of fuzzy AHP in supplier evaluation and selection is scientific and feasible.