Providing a decision model for determining evaluation purpose, the most important factor and selecting strategic supplier in supply chain by paralytic network process approach

The main purpose of this research is to provide a good insight into the use of analytic network process (ANP) that is a multiple criteria decision-making methodology in evaluating supplier selection problems. Supplier selection problems are complex problems, which have many qualitative and quantitative concerns. In this study, an ANP model as a framework for evaluation purpose, the most important factor and selecting strategic supplier is proposed. Analytic network process can be use as a decision analysis tool to solve multi-criteria supplier selection problems that contain interdependencies. ANP is a complex methodology and requires more comparisons than the traditional AHP and it increases the effort. To show the application of the proposed model a case as an example is proposed.