SUPPLIER SELECTION DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS) (COMPUTER SELECTION)

Decision making process is a huge and crucial activity that must be given high
attention by decision makers and managers as it affects all business strategies in
organizations. Computer Based Decision Support System (DSS) is built and developed
to assist decision makers in the activity of decision making process. DSS includes
different components that integrate together out of which the most important part is the
model based system.
As a result of rapidly increasing and sustainable needs of organizations,
suppliers have become essential to any business. On the other hand, decision makers and
managers face challengers when they are about to select suppliers due to the strong
competitiveness among suppliers, obstacles that they will face when poor decisions are
made and many other reasons. Evaluating and selecting suppliers has been considered as
the most critical and important process among the whole purchasing processes.
This research intends to develop a system using linear weightage model base
DSS for supplier selection process that can guarantee better decision making and
provide a robust tool for assisting decision makers and managers to make the right
decision and select the most suitable supplier. The proposed model has been validated
using a real life case study to assess its effectiveness.
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