ANALYZING THE PROCESS OF SUPPLIER SELECTION. THE APPLICATION OF AHP METHOD
Vasina, Ekaterina (2014)
Vasina, Ekaterina
Centria ammattikorkeakoulu (Keski-Pohjanmaan ammattikorkeakoulu)
2014
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201405219119
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201405219119
Tiivistelmä
With the development of the economy and business industries within all sectors, the level of competition has greatly increased. Many organizations have been forced to find innovative ways of improving their performance to take a part of the market share. Nowadays success depends on more factors than just the activities that occur within organization. A strong reliable partnership has become the key for success.
This work presents a study which objective was to investigate the role of the supplier selection and purchasing process itself. It clarifies measuring criteria used for the supplier selection and explores the meaning and difference of the terms purchasing, procurement and sourcing. The final thesis familiarizes with the existing methods and techniques that can be used for the actual supplier selection.
A real case study was implemented to show the application of AHP. Based on the literature, the purchasing process was developed and applied. Real suppliers were contacted in order to collect sufficient information. Measuring criteria were structured and the AHP method was applied in order to obtain the final results
This work presents a study which objective was to investigate the role of the supplier selection and purchasing process itself. It clarifies measuring criteria used for the supplier selection and explores the meaning and difference of the terms purchasing, procurement and sourcing. The final thesis familiarizes with the existing methods and techniques that can be used for the actual supplier selection.
A real case study was implemented to show the application of AHP. Based on the literature, the purchasing process was developed and applied. Real suppliers were contacted in order to collect sufficient information. Measuring criteria were structured and the AHP method was applied in order to obtain the final results