A Study on Evaluation of Modular Suppliers and Discussion of Stability

Table 1

Indexes of supplier selection.

No.	Criteria	References	No.	Criteria	References
1	On time delivery	[16–20]	37	Total cost	[21]
2	Quality	[14, 16, 18, 22, 23]	38	Material management	[24]
3	Cost	[19–21, 25, 26]	39	Size of enterprise	[27]
4	After service	[27]	40	Procedural compliance	[11]
5	Product flexibility	[24, 27]	41	Customer relationship	[28]
6	Reputation	[11, 29–32]	42	Quality practices	[33]
7	Technical capability	[11, 32, 34, 35]	43	Trust	[21]
8	Flexibility	[21, 26, 34]	44	Resource utilization	[21]
9	Capacity and production facility	[11, 26, 30, 32, 34, 35]	45	ISO certification	[20]
10	Service	[21, 24, 26, 27, 36]	46	Advanced manufacturing technology	[30]
11	Financial position	[11, 20, 30, 32, 35]	47	Product configuration	[14]
12	Geographical location	[11, 27, 30, 35]	48	New technological identification	[34]
13	Responsiveness	[21, 37]	49	Support in product development	[20]
14	Communication	[11, 19, 20, 24]	50	Support in value analysis	[30]
15	Supplier’s willingness to cooperate	[26]	51	Support in product simplification	[30]
16	Management and organization	[26, 30, 34, 35]	52	Support in modularization activity	[30]
17	Enterprise environment	[24]	53	Manufacturing process	[21]
18	R&D capability	[38, 39]	54	Loyalty	[40]
19	After sales service	[11, 24, 28]	55	Compatibility across levels and functions	[34]
20	Lead time	[19, 33]	56	Capability of new product development	[34]
21	Attitude	[11, 24, 35]	57	Cost saving measure adoption	[19]
22	Suppliers honesty	[24]	58	Process technology	[21]
23	Innovation	[26, 39]	59	Process management	[21]
24	Ability to keep promise	[24]	60	Purchasing management	[21]
25	Managerial capability	[26]	61	Factory management	[21]
26	Percentage defectiveness	[25]	62	Quality management	[26]
27	Design capability	[41]	63	Human resource management	[26]
28	Reliability	[20, 21, 28, 36]	64	Potential competence dimension	[21]
29	Payment terms	[40]	65	Testing capability	[35]
30	Warranties	[11]	66	Scope of resources	[35]
31	Operating controls	[11]	67	Industry knowledge	[32]
32	Product development	[20, 27]	68	Strategic importance of supplier	[30]
33	Clusters/grouping of attributes or criteria	[11]	69	Employee working conditions	[30]
34	Customer satisfaction level	[34]	70	Supplier’s sale and administrative capabilities	[30]
35	Management system	[42]	71	Reciprocal arrangement	[11]
36	Transportation and storage	[27]