Components Suppliers Selection In Powertrain Systems Development Projects

As a company who majored in providing automotive components for car makerrequires to cope with the Car Makers. Every Car Model or Engine type is a specificproject. We need to base on the specific project to do the components sourcing; mostof them are not common parts which need to source in line with the projectrequirements. Based on the different car makers and car models and the marketdemand forecast, different project has different characteristics. Some wants the lowestcost and some is seeking the shortest lead time in order to marching into Marketearlier. Therefore the conventional supplier selection&evaluation model cannot suitin project with specific characteristics. The supplier chosen may not be the best optionfor project.By using Delphi to analyze component supplier key selection characteristicssetting up a4layers screening model (Qualitative, Quantitive then supplier selectionmethods choose and apply), steps by steps peeling off the unqualified suppliers. Takeadvantage of Porter Five Forces to positioning component supplier, then pick the mostappropriate supplier selection method from direct judgment, bidding, Activity basedcost, Neural Network, Data Envelop Analysis (DEA) and Analytics HierarchyProcess(AHP) these modern Supply Chain Management(SCM) supplier selectionmethods to select the best from the approval suppliers. Afterwards, apply this4layerssupplier selection model and method on the practice and verify the effectiveness.