Screening efficiency and entrepreneurship potential in automotive suppliers using DEA

• Main Authors: Abdul Hamid, Abu Bakar, Sofian, Saudah, Moradi Deluyi, Amir Hosein, Kazemi, Mostafa
• Format: Article
• Published: Trans Tech Publications 2014
• Subjects: HD Industries. Land use. Labor
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/62526/; http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.554.510
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This study aims to screen entrepreneurial potentials of automotive manufacturing and performance criteria. Supplier selection as a key part of supply chain management (SCM) facilitates the creation of sustainable competitive advantage that can cause new ventures and business growth development. Efficient supplier selection method is a main part in SCM for outsourcing in businesses. The character of supplier selection is a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) problem and multiple criteria should be respected in the selection procedure. This study assessed the suppliers' efficiency through Data Envelopments Analysis (DEA).