Content Analysis: Supplier Selection Process using Multi-criteria approaches

Abstract

Supplier selection can be considered as the foundation of Supply Chain Management. In this competitive business environment, it is crucial to select the best supplier among all the alternatives. For this purpose, researchers developed number of selection criteria and methods. These selection criteria and methods helping to solve this supplier selection problem within different industries. In this process, supplier selection literature has been enriched by involving several multi-criteria decision-making systems. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate Content Analysis on existing literature on supplier selection process using multi-criteria decision-making system to understand the progress of this sector over the span of time till 2014.