SUPPLIER EVALUATION AND SELECTION: A CASE EXAMPLE OF MOTOCYCLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

This paper proposes a decision support model guiding managers to evaluate and select proper suppliers for their organization. In this study, Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) is applied to develop a decision support model for supplier selection. Along with the proposed model, a couple of case examples measuring the strategic fit of each supplier with respect to a subject organization in a motorcycle manufacturing company are also presented to demonstrate the process how the model can be developed and used. The findings of this study indicate that the proposed model with six main factors can solve the past problems in which only cost and long time of business partnership were concerned. With the use of proposed model, it is anticipated that will be able to support decision making process for supplier selection.