TOPSIS technique supplier selection in a case study in the Maquiladora Industry in Ciudad Juarez

Abstract

With the use of this method, it was demonstrated how important it is for the company to know how to select a reliable supplier when we require raw material for our work process The Topsis methodology was applied because it is a practical method and the most appropriate to solve this problem. At the moment of applying this methodology, we generated which are the levels of importance that the company requests to select one of them, more than anything are factors or points that each company chooses for a better management of its resources, thus taking care of the part of time and money. In the industry where this observation will be made, the main levels of importance requested are the following: Quality, Time, Price and Reliability of the supplier.