Partner selection in virtual enterprises an exploratory approach

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2008

Authors

Crispim, JA (Author) Other; Jorge Pinho de Sousa (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Innovation in Manufacturing Networks

Pages: 115-124

8th IFIP International Conference on Information Technology for Balanced Automation Systems

Porto, Portugal, June 23-25, 2008

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Authenticus ID: P-004-3JY

DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09492-2_12

Abstract (EN): Partner selection in virtual enterprises (VE) can be viewed as a multi-criteria decision making problem that involves assessing trade-offs between conflicting tangible and intangible criteria. In general, this is a very complex problem due to the dynamic topology of the network, the large number of alternatives and the different types of criteria. In this paper we propose an iterative and interactive exploratory process to help the decision maker identify the companies that best suit the needs of each particular project. This is achieved by using cluster analysis to distinguish companies according to some selected features. We present an example to illustrate this approach.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 10