A Study of Multicriteria Decision Making for Supplier Selection in Automotive Industry

Table 21

Criteria
(1) Low or reasonable price of supplies
(2) Minimize distribution/logistic costs (transportation, administrative, customs, risk, and handling)
(3) Avoid additional cost incurred in manufacturing, labor, maintenance, inspection, rework, or due to raw materials
(4) Eliminate after sales service costs
(5) Additional discount for large volume purchase
(6) Additional cost required due to low volume ordered