A customizable, multi-stage multi-criteria decision analysis approach for material-supplier selection problem in SMEs : a case study of insulated housing products
department or school: Applied Science, Faculty of
department or school: Engineering, School of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Muhammad, Usamah Inam
issued: 2019-04-25T23:17:43Z
issued: 2019
related degree: Master of Applied Science - MASc
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: This research develops a multi-stage multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) approach for combined supplier-selection, material selection problems. The method has been exemplified through an industrial case study on the development of insulated skirting products. Namely, a Canadian distribution company has been long supplying the Canadian market with skirting products for manufactured homes, but recently has had issues with their overseas material supplier, particularly due to increased exchange rates. Hence, it has desired to shift their supply stream to a local manufacturer. There exist a large number of potential manufacturers that would be suitable for this new partnership. It has been crucial to scrutinize the decision alternatives systematically in order to rank and allow for the optimal selection of the supplier(s) and their skirting products. When manufacturing suppliers are changed for a business, a natural consequence is that the end product’s material properties would also change, hence the need for a rigorous material testing as part of a multiple criteria decision making process. A step-by-step procedure has been developed here that combines supplier and material selection sub-decisions in order to find the most suitable alternative, using a hybrid of multiple criteria optimization techniques. The procedure accounts for the required decision accuracy and time-sensitivity measures that a production manager would face under different decision scenarios. The case study shows that if the company’s business situation is time-critical and the decision accuracy may not be of primary concern, a simple non-compensatory MCDM method would suffice. Otherwise, more structured compensatory methods should be employed. The criteria proposed for the case study have been selected based on the company staff feedback. The presented methodology is customizable and may be applied to other similar supplier decision making problems. Correlation analysis has also performed to …
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note: A Customizable, Multi-stage Multi-criteria Decision Analysis Approach for Material-Supplier Selection Problem in SMEs: A Case Study of Insulated Housing Products by Usamah Inam Muhammad BSc. Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF APPLIED SCIENCE in THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Mechanical Engineering) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) April 2019 © Usamah Inam Muhammad, 2019 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, a thesis/dissertation entitled: A Customizable, Multi-stage Multi-criteria Decision Analysis Approach for Material-Supplier Selection Problem in SMEs: A Case Study of Insulated Housing Products submitted by Usamah Inam Muhammad in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF APPLIED SCIENCE in Mechanical Engineering Examining Committee: Dr. Abbas S. Milani, School of Engineering, UBCO Co-supervisor Dr. Rehan Sadiq, School of Engineering, UBCO Co-supervisor Dr. Kasun Hewage, School of Engineering, UBCO Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Eric Li, Faculty of Management, UBCO University Examiner Additional Supervisory Committee Members: Dr. Ray Taheri, School of Engineering, UBCO Supervisory Committee Member iii Abstract This research develops a multi-stage multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) approach for combined supplier-selection, material selection problems. The method has been exemplified through an industrial case study on the development of insulated skirting products. Namely, a Canadian distribution company has been long supplying the Canadian market with skirting products for manufactured homes, but recently has had issues with their overseas material supplier, particularly due to increased exchange rates. Hence, it has desired to shift their supply stream to a local manufacturer. There exist a…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2019-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0378467
language: eng
degree discipline: Mechanical Engineering
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/69957