Author/Authors :
DEMİRTAŞ, Özgür Türk Hava Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı - Endüstri Yüksek Mühendisi Yüzbaşı, Turkey , AKDOĞAN, A. Asuman Erciyes Üniversitesi - İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi - İşletme Bölümü, Turkey
Title Of Article :
SUPPLIER SELECTION UNDER FUZZY ENVIRONMENT: AN APPLICATION FOR DEFENCE INDUSTRY
Abstract :
Supplier selection is a strategic tool for organizations. Especially, there are a lot of uncertainities occur in these processes that obstruct strategic decision making. So, the aim of this study to make the supplier selection which is made among quantitative alternatives, by the fuzzy TOPSIS method which is one of the MCDM methods, considering the supplier criteria convenient for defence industry, in fuzzy environment. Fuzzy TOPSIS (Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solutions) is based on the principal that the ideal solution is within the closest distance with the fuzzy positive ideal solution and it is within the furthest distance with the fuzzy negative ideal solution. Results proposed an application for supplier selection under fuzzy environment with respect to the strategic decision alternatives for defence industry.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Supply Chain Management , Supplier Selection , Fuzzy TOPSIS , Strategic Decision Taking , Defence Industry , Aerospace Industry
JournalTitle :
Erciyes University Journal Of Economics and Administrative Sciences
