Presenting a Pattern for Assessing and Selecting the Suppliers (Case Study: Mazandaran Wood and Paper Industries)

Considering high volumes of investments in purchasing domain and partnership with suppliers & establishment of supply chains and the high rate of commercial co-operations failures, we can be sure that in case of not paying enough attention in choosing the best suppliers, the described goals for organizations in the framework of supply chains will not be achieved. In this project, the indices used for assessing other organizations suppliers by reviewing and performing field studies and by an interview, these indices were domestication for the case study. By using questionnaires and couple comparisons of group AHP Approach, the weights of the desired indices were specified. Then, different suppliers were ranked based on TOPSIS and the coordinated indices. The presented model for assessing the above mentioned company's suppliers, which is a combination of AHP methods & TOPSIS in a decision making process, indicated the capability of combining these tools in supplying the organization's demands and accessing a suitable pattern for making decisions regarding suppliers of raw materials.