TY  - JOUR
AB  - Presents an approach for evaluating the number of vendors to employ in a procurement situation using multi‐objective programming (MOP) and data envelopment analysis (DEA). The approach advocates developing vendor‐order quantity solutions (referred to as supervendors) using MOP and then evaluating the efficiency of these supervendors on multiple criteria using DEA. Formulations are presented for both the MOP and DEA models. A case study is presented for a Fortune 500 company in a just‐in‐time (JIT) manufacturing environment.
VL  - 5
IS  - 2
SN  - 1359-8546
DO  - 10.1108/13598540010320009
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/13598540010320009
AU  - Weber Charles A.
AU  - Current John
AU  - Desai Anand
PY  - 2000
Y1  - 2000/01/01
TI  - An optimization approach to determining the number of vendors to employ
T2  - Supply Chain Management: An International Journal
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 90
EP  - 98
Y2  - 2024/04/16
ER  -