۱- Introduction

۲- Related work

۳- Selection the optimal goods supplier on AliExpress trading platform

۴- Information system for best supplier selection

۵- Conclusion

References

Abstract

Today there is a wide variety of similar products in the market that are usually offered by several suppliers. This leads to the need to analyze the market and to solve the problem of finding the best goods supplier that would satisfy all necessary consumer requirements. The study is devoted to the web-based information system development for selecting the optimal supplier among those who are located on the AliExpress trading platform under multicriteria conditions. The optimal supplier selection is carried out with the Analytic hierarchy process method considering the priority of the evaluation criteria for the consumer. The suppliers are evaluated by the complex indicator of supplier’s competitiveness which is calculated by developed mathematical model. The main functions of the proposed information system are the follows: goods selection, the forming a set of alternatives which consist from all suppliers, the evaluation of alternatives by eight independent criteria, the calculation the complex indicator of supplier’s competitiveness, the forming of a good’s supplier’s rating. It allows to find the best goods’ supplier providing data on calculated suppliers rating and current prices.

Introduction

The necessity to obtain high quality goods at minimal cost is essential for any customer whether it is a company or an individual client. It determines the relevance of improving the purchasing process connected with the problem of searching for the optimal supplier. The optimal supplier selection is the most important activity of a purchasing department among the tasks of supply chain management. It is complicated process which consist of stages: supplier іdentification, supplier evaluation, gaining supplier feedback, developing business partnerships. The supplier’s evaluation is performed by several criteria such as product price, supplier reliability, delivery timeliness, customer service quality during the supply process, supplier position on the market etc. These criteria may be quantitative and qualitive and vary for particular decision-making task [1]. Hence, the right supplier selection is a multi-criteria problem process encompasses different factors impact on potential supplier assessment by purchaser. Solution of this task requires appropriate information base with supplier’s characteristics. In the case of past cooperation with the supplier, there is an opportunity to evaluate the supplier from their own experience. If there is a search for a new supplier, the selection process becomes quite complicated due to lack of information for making decision.