Resilient Suppliers Evaluation Using Fuzzy Ratio System and ANP Method

Proper management of a supply chain, assessment and selection of suppliers is an important task which can affect the profitability of organization in the long time. The purpose of this research is to provide a framework for assessing Resilient Suppliers.

Researcher through literature review and interviews with experts of Company and preparing a questionnaire to identify the factors affect to Resilient Suppliers. In this study, two ANP techniques to determine the weighting of criteria and Fuzzy Ratio System method for ranking alternatives are used.

The criteria and factors that influence the selection of resilient suppliers include the main factors of performance, minimization of risk, responsiveness, Technical support and power. In this study paired comparisons carried out by ANP. In addition, Fuzzy Ratio System as a new method of fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making, in order to rank the options is used.

According to the results of Fuzzy Ratio System, S2 has been chosen as the best option.