An application of fuzzy TOPSIS to improve the process of supply chain management in the food industries: A case study of protein products manufacturing company

• Main Authors: Emad Roghanian, Abbas Sheykhan, Ehsan Sayyad Abendankashi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Growing Science 2014-01-01
• Series: Decision Science Letters
• Subjects: Fuzzy TOPSIS; Supply chain management; Food supply chain
• Online Access: http://www.growingscience.com/dsl/Vol3/dsl_2013_46.pdf

Food industries as one of the most important industries in country, needs appropriate planning at both macro and micro levels. One of the important parts, which need to be discussed is the supply chain management in this industry. In this study, the importance of supply chain in food industries is studied. The proposed study determines different suppliers and using various criteria, the study applies Fuzzy Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) to rank different alternatives. The preliminary results indicate that the proposed model of this paper is capable of determining appropriate suppliers in food industry.