A supplier selection model in pharmaceutical supply chain using PCA, Z-TOPSIS and MILP: A case study.

ABSTRACT: Supplier selection is one of the critical processes in supplier chain management which is associated with the flow of goods and services from the supplier of raw material to the final consumer. The purpose of this paper is to present a novel approach and improves the supplier selection in a multi-item/multi-supplier environment, and provide the importance and the reliability of the criteria by handling vagueness and imperfection of information in decision making process. First, principal component analysis (PCA) method is used to reduce the number of supplier selection criteria in pharmaceutical companies. Next, using the most important criteria resulted from the PCA method, the importance and the reliability of the selected criteria are assessed by a group of decision-maker (DM). Then, th

SUBMITTER: Forghani A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6093669 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature