Open AccessA Decision Support System For Integration Of Vendor Selection Task
Author(s) -
Raydel Tullous,
Richard L. Utecht
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of applied business research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2157-8834
pISSN - 0892-7626
DOI - 10.19030/jabr.v10i1.5974
Subject(s) - purchasing , analytic hierarchy process , task (project management) , preference , decision support system , vendor , procurement , computer science , selection (genetic algorithm) , process (computing) , operations research , hierarchy , knowledge management , marketing , process management , business , artificial intelligence , economics , microeconomics , engineering , systems engineering , market economy , operating system
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the usefulness of a particular decision support system, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), for developing and implementing integrated procurement systems. The purchasing decision support system (PDSS) proposed in this paper provides each participant involved in the purchasing process with a procedure to communicate their preferences and the reasons for those preferences. All of the participants preferences may be aggregated to determine an overall preference, or in some cases, the results may simply be used to gain a better understanding of the values the individual place on various attributes.