Design of synthetical evaluation index system for apparel suppliers

Based on the actuality of garment supplier management and evaluation,the paper investigates the index selection,weight distribution and system construction for evaluation of apparel suppliers.First,requirements and criteria for evaluation are discussed,and based on the existing research results and opinions of experts,an evaluation index system has been proposed,which composed of 7 first-grade indices and 34 second-grade indices.Then,surveys using questionnaires were conducted among managerial employees of fourteen garment enterprises and related experts,the feasibility of 25 indexes has been verified by reliability analysis using SPSS13.0.Finally,a general index system suitable to clothing enterprises has been advanced.