Method of selecting suppliers for an apparel enterprise

To an apparel enterprise,the supplier selection is an important strategic decision-making.A reasoning and scientific selection method may guarantee the correct decision-making.With the consideration of available information disordered from the apparel supply chain,linguistic variables were introduced and each linguistic variable was valued by trapezoidal or triangular fuzzy number.In addition,index weights were determined by the help of information entropy and modified by analytic hierarchy process,evaluating the supplier quantitively.Then,TOPSIS was used to select apparel suppliers.Compared with the previous methods,the new evaluation and selection method,having the advantages of integrating the subjective experience and objective science,can make evaluating process more scientific and operational.In the end,trial operation of the new method was performed and its validity and feasibility have been verified.