Development of software selection criteria for supply chain solutions

Abstract

The thrust of this paper is to develop a comprehensive software selection criterion and view information technology related issues in supply chain management. This paper furnishes implicit details of decision support systems, software solutions and factors associated with selection of IT applications for supply chain management. It entails the components of decision support systems and evolution of supply chain management softwares. A brief discussion of the functioning of various modules of the supply chain package is presented. This paper also proposes the use of percentage based weighted Tree in order to choose appropriate supply chain solution(s).

Citation

Sahay, B.S. and Gupta, A.K. (2003), "Development of software selection criteria for supply chain solutions", Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 103 No. 2, pp. 97-110. https://doi.org/10.1108/02635570310463429