Supplier Ranking in Automobile Industry by Using TOPSIS Methods

Supplier selection has become an important concept for improving supply chain performance. The aim of this paper is to identify factors that facilitate and affects the supplier selection in the context of Indian automobile industry. An inductive approach based on grounded theory was chosen as the research methodology where data was collected from the well-known two wheeler automobile manufacturer of India. This paper represents the case study of an automobile industry. TOPSIS method is used for ranking the supplier in the basis of data provided by the industry. The result of this study gives the best possible solution of the supplier selection for the automobile industry.