Using data envelopment analysis to compare suppliers for supplier selection and performance improvement

• Published in: Supply chain management Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 143 - 150
• Main Authors: Liu, Jian, Ding, Fong-Yuen, Lall, Vinod
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bradford MCB UP Ltd 01.08.2000; Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Subjects: Case studies; Data collection; Data envelopment analysis; Decision making; Efficiency; Linear programming; Logistics; Manufacturing; Mathematical programming; Performance evaluation; Performance levels; Supplier evaluation; Suppliers; Supply chain; Supply chain management; Target setting; Variables; Supply chain; Target setting; Supplier evaluation; Efficiency; Data envelopment analysis; Performance levels

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) has been widely applied to address various decision analysis problems due to its usefulness in evaluating multi-criterion systems and providing improvement targets for such systems. A supplier selection problem is inherently a multi-criterion decision problem, and DEA...