The Research On Supplier Selection Under Supply Chain Management

From 1990's, with the advent of economic globalization and market competition intensifies, supply chain manangement and supplier management have gained more and more attention by scholars and the companies. More and more companies started to strength the cooperation with suppliers, especially to make compact relationship with the strategic suppliers. So it is a very important concern to select the right suppliers that suit to the requireness of company's development and that have a good development foreground. How to select the right supplier, choose which index and adopt which methods to evaluate the sppliers are the main concern of this thesis.At the beginning of this thesis discuss the research background, intention and significance of this thesis, and summerize the supply chain management, supplier management and the methods of selecting and evaluating supplier both at home and abroad. Than analyse the classification of suppliers and the basic methods of selecting suppliers, and the steps to select suppliers and the significance of selecting suppliers. By analyzing the status of supplier's selection and the influencing factors in the new environment, I devise a new system for selecting and evaluating suppliers on the foundation of three aspects: operation structure and production competence, business management competence, exterior environment and compatibility by making use of available theories and methods, and explicate the application of FAHP on spplier selection. Finally using a auto parts company's suppliers selection case, I demonstrate the detail process and the calculate methods. So an integrated framework of selecting suppliers is gradually founded, and it is effective for our companies to select good suppliers efficiently.