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Supplier selection based on supplier risk

This is a highly quantitative paper, yet it seems to be very applicable in practice. It proposes a hybrid MCDM method based on ANP and Fuzzy TOPSIS to enhance previous solutions for the problem of selecting the best supplier from a set of potential alternatives based on a set of risk factors.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
How to secure your supply chain - 2/7
Continuing my previous post, which talked about raising the awareness towards disruption risks in ge[...]
Risk Analysis of Critical Infrastructures
The vulnerability of critical infrastructures is a recurring theme on this blog, and today's article[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Book Review: Your Research Project
This book is a must-have for any serious student or budding research. Even if you consider yourself [...]
Book Review: Operations Rules
Operations Rules by David Simchi-Levi comes with an ambiguous title. You can read this two ways: 1) [...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Global Risk Reports
While waiting for the World Economic Forum Global Risk Report for 2009, the continuation of the Glob[...]
London Olympics and Business Continuity
Are UK businesses, and in particular London businesses, unprepared for the London Olympics in 2012? [...]
from HERE and THERE
Robustness, flexibility and resilience
In a previous paper, back in 2004, I discussed the issue of Flexibility and robustness as options to[...]
Can we do without air traffic?
Travelers and businesses are waking up to a fourth day of no air traffic in Europe, and a fourth day[...]