Method for the supplier selection in supply chain networks: An approach of structural complexity management

Florian G.H. Behncke, Jasper Holstein, Udo Lindemann

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Abstract

Manufacturing firms (MF) rethought their concept of cooperation and concentrated on their core competences, while outsourcing a significant share of their value creation to suppliers. As a result, the supply chain network (SCN) performance has become a driver of a firms' competitive ability. The different dimensions of complexity challenge MFs while designing their SCN for a certain product. The supplier selection is an essential activity of this design process. Methods for the supplier selection provided by literature are challenged by this complexity as well as a consideration of the collective behavior of suppliers in SCNs. As a result, this paper presents a system model as basis for the conducted method for supplier selection in SCNs. The method features three domains that describe a three dimensional model for the supplier selection, which consists of three individual but interlinked sets of matrices depending on the perspective on the selection process.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication8th Annual IEEE International Systems Conference, SysCon 2014 - Proceedings
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages497-504
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9781479920877
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Event8th Annual IEEE International Systems Conference, SysCon 2014 - Ottawa, ON, Canada
Duration: 31 Mar 20143 Apr 2014

Publication series

Name8th Annual IEEE International Systems Conference, SysCon 2014 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference8th Annual IEEE International Systems Conference, SysCon 2014
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityOttawa, ON
Period31/03/143/04/14

Keywords

  • Complex Systems
  • Supplier Selection
  • Supply Chain Network

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