Ozfirat P.M.Tuna G.Tuncel G.2024-07-222024-07-222012http://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/17704Purchasing activities of a company form a very important part in the operation of the company. The quality of production and services mainly rely on the performance of the suppliers. In addition, a large amount of the product's total cost belongs to the purchasing cost of its materials. Therefore, selecting the most suitable suppliers is very important for the firm. Unfortunately, most of the time, suppliers cannot provide the highest quality parts on-time at the lowest costs in the market. In other words, quality, delivery and cost objectives conflict with each other. In this study a fuzzy analytic hierarchy process approach is employed for the supplier selection problem of a textile company. First the selection criteria according to company's objectives are determined. Then the pair-wise comparisons are made on a fuzzy basis. Similarly, in the next step, the six alternative suppliers are compared by fuzzy means. Finally, the two suppliers which achieved the highest performance are advised to the company.EnglishAnalytic hierarchy processDecision makingUncertainty analysisFuzzy analytic hierarchy processLarge amountsPair-wise comparisonPurchasing costsQuality , DeliveryQuality of productionSelection criteriaSupplier selectionFuzzy logicConference paper10.1142/9789814417747_0048