Industrial Management Studies

Supplier Selection Problem Using Combined Approaches of Neutrosophic-Based Quality Function Deployment and EDAS

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Mehdi Seifbarghy 1
Morvarid Yousefi 2

1 Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

2 BSc, Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22054/jims.2024.79614.2914
Abstract
The evaluation and selection of suppliers is a crucial issue in supply chain management. This problem has grown increasingly uncertain due to the influence of imprecise parameters, and various tools have been proposed for weighting criteria and evaluating supplier scores for each criterion. Neutrosophic numbers, a modern tool for handling uncertainty, ambiguity, and inconsistency, are introduced to tackle such challenges. As the most comprehensive form of non-classical logic after fuzzy and intuitionistic fuzzy logic, Neutrosophic logic assigns degrees of membership, non-membership, and hesitation independently between zero and one. In this research, the quality function deployment (QFD) technique is developed in a Neutrosophic environment to identify and weigh supplier evaluation criteria. Additionally, the Neutrosophic EDAS approach is proposed for selecting top suppliers. A numerical study of the pharmaceutical industry demonstrates that geographical location and supplier experience are the two most critical criteria, and the second supplier is chosen as the best.

Keywords

Supply Chain Management
Supplier Evaluation and Selection
Quality Function Deployment
EDAS
Neutrosophic Numbers
Subjects
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Industrial Management Studies
Volume 22, Issue 73
Summer 2024
Pages 57-98

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