Research Article

A Supplier Selection Model for a Wholesaler and Retailer Company Based on FITradeoff Multicriteria Method

Table 2

Supplier selection criteria.

CriterionDescriptionScaleObjective

Product quality (C1)Presentation of quality tests on the supplied product, carried out internally and externally, and on the suitability of the results for the specified quality(1) Does not present internal or external quality tests
(2) It features internal quality testing that does not meet specifications
(3) Features in-house quality testing that meets specifications
(4) Features external quality tests that meet specifications
(5) Features internal and external quality tests that meet specifications
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Flexibility (C2)This concerns commercial flexibility. Degree of adaptation of the commercial conditions of the products and services to the company’s needs(1) Supplier offering a single commercial condition
(2) Supplier offering more than one fixed commercial condition
(3) Supplier that negotiates with the client up to 50% of the commercial conditions
(4) Supplier that negotiates with the client from 50% to 90% of the commercial conditions
(5) Supplier that negotiates with the client 90% to 100% of the commercial conditions
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Relationship (C3)Degree of supplier relationship with company strategy(1) Supplier that only carries out commercially related actions
(2) Supplier that only aligns prices to its customer’s strategy
(3) Supplier that aligns prices and deadlines to its customer’s strategy
(4) Supplier that aligns prices, terms, and operations to its customer’s strategy
(5) Supplier that aligns prices, terms, operations, information, and development of new products to its customer’s strategy
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Time (C4)Time (t) between the sending of the order and the invoicing and shipping of the purchase orders(1) Supplier that has the delivery time until 5 days ()
(2) Supplier that has the delivery time between 5 and 10 days ()
(3) Supplier that has the delivery time between 10 and 15 days ()
(4) Supplier that has the delivery time between 15 and 20 days ()
(5) Supplier that has the delivery time more than 20 days ()
Minimize

Contribution margin (C5)% contribution of products to the company’s results(1) Supplier that has the % contribution of products (c) to the company’s results less than 20% (
(2) Supplier that has the % contribution of products (c) to the company’s results between 20% and 40% ()
(3) Supplier that has the % contribution of products (c) to the company’s results between 40% and 60% ()
(4) Supplier that has the % contribution of products (c) to the company’s results between 60% and 80% ()
(5) Supplier that has the % contribution of products (c) to the company’s results more than 80%.
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