International distribution center selection from a foreign market perspective using a weighted fuzzy factor rating system

Authors:
Chin-Wen Ou;Shuo-Yan Chou
Affiliations:
Department of Industrial Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan and Department of Industrial Management, Nan-Kai Institute of Technology, Nanton 542, ...;Department of Industrial Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan
Venue:
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Year:
2009

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Abstract

This study investigated six international distribution center (DC) selection factors from a foreign market perspective and presented a weighted fuzzy factor rating system (FRS) suitable for solving such problems. An evaluation procedure is illustrated to demonstrate that our procedure is an effective approach in a group decision-making process. In contrast with classic decision-making theory, this method applies fuzzy weighting to assess individual decision makers (DMs) which allows managers to consider the professional or experience of each DM in the decision-making procedure. In the example presented here, the final solution is then obtained by identifying the best international distribution center for further evaluation and negotiation.