A Decision Support System For Integration Of Vendor Selection Task

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the usefulness of a particular decision support system, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), for developing and implementing integrated procurement systems. The purchasing decision support system (PDSS) proposed in this paper provides each participant involved in the purchasing process with a procedure to communicate their preferences and the reasons for those preferences. All of the participants preferences may be aggregated to determine an overall preference, or in some cases, the results may simply be used to gain a better understanding of the values the individual place on various attributes.