Use of analytic hierarchic process for evaluating sources of supply

This paper presents an application of analytic hierarchic process (AHP) for evaluating the sources of supply in a materials management situation. Evaluation of alternative sources in an unstructured decision problem involving multiple factors and attributes generic at different levels. In order to facilitate decision support to the material managers, an all encompassing effective analysis is needed to determine the right supply source so as to be compatible with the organizational objectives. It seems that AHP helps in providing such a decision support.