<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In the present paper, we propose a heuristic for identifying the key supplier of a company. In order to develop the supplier’s evaluation tool, we use the multicriterial data analysis. The main statistical instrument here is the principal component analysis. Using the data from all realized orders of a chosen company in Slovakia from the year 2017, we identify its key supplier. Hence, this study helps to close the gap between theoretical work on principal component analysis and actual practice. The importance of the present work underlines the fact that the company is planning to sign an exclusive contract with the recommended supplier.</p></abstract>

In the present paper, we propose a heuristic for identifying the key supplier of a company. In order to develop the supplier’s evaluation tool, we use the multicriterial data analysis. The main statistical instrument here is the principal component analysis. Using the data from all realized orders of a chosen company in Slovakia from the year 2017, we identify its key supplier. Hence, this study helps to close the gap between theoretical work on principal component analysis and actual practice. The importance of the present work underlines the fact that the company is planning to sign an exclusive contract with the recommended supplier.

From Multicriterial Data Analysis Up to the Exclusive Contract

Inst. of Control and Informatization of Production Processes, Faculty BERG

Tatra Mountains Mathematical Publications

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In the present paper, we propose a heuristic for identifying the key supplier of a company. In order to develop the supplier’s evaluation tool, we use the...

From Multicriterial Data Analysis Up to the Exclusive Contract

Published Online: Mar 12, 2019

Page range: 17 - 29

Received: Sep 12, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tmmp-2018-0018

Keywords
exclusive supplier, multicriterial data processing, principal component analysis

© 2018 Erika Fecková Škrabul’áková, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

From Multicriterial Data Analysis Up to the Exclusive Contract

Published Online: Mar 12, 2019

Page range: 17 - 29

Received: Sep 12, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tmmp-2018-0018

Keywordsexclusive supplier, multicriterial data processing, principal component analysis

© 2018 Erika Fecková Škrabul’áková, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
exclusive supplier, multicriterial data processing, principal component analysis