Supplier Sift – A Strategic Need of Modern Entrepreneurship

Supplier appraisal fosters energy in Supply Chain Management and helps in best optimization of viable business partners for a company. Many Decision Making techniques have already been proposed by researchers for supplier-s appraisal. However, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is assumed to be the most structured technique to attain near-best solution of the problem. This paper focuses at implementation of AHP in the procurement processes. It also suggests that on what factors a Public Sector Enterprises must focus while dealing with their suppliers and what should the suppliers do to synchronize their activities with the strategic objectives of Organization. It also highlights the weak areas in supplier appraisal process with a view to suggest viable recommendations.

Authors:

• Rizwan Moeen
• Riaz Ahmad
• Tanweer Ul Islam
• Shahid Ikramullah
• Muhammad Umer

Keywords:

• AHP
• MCDM techniques
• Supply Chain Management (SCM)
• Supplier appraisal.

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