TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Fuzzy Model Approach for Selecting IP Carriers: A Case Study of Greek ISP
AU - Ioannis, Karamitsos AU - Khalid, Al-Arfaj AU - Charalampos, Apostolopoulos 
JO  - International Journal of Soft Computing
VL  - 6
IS  - 2
SP  - 33
EP  - 39
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-9503
DO  - ijscomp.2011.33.39
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ijscomp.2011.33.39
KW  - vendor evaluation
KW  -Internet Providers (IP)
KW  -Triangular Fuzzy Numbers (TFN)
KW  -supply chain management
KW  -old fashion
KW  -network
AB  - Modern global market has totally changed abandoning old fashion orientation strategies similar to production and sales ones. Gradually markets adopted well-developed marketing orientation strategies in order to assist companies to survive. Taking into account the world’s financial situation and the recent crisis, most of the companies try to minimize the risks but in the mean time try to retain their competitive advantage. With the aid of Supply Chain Management (SCM) individual functions of companies are being integrated so as to form the supply chain network. This study illustrates a case study of IP carriers selection and evaluation for supplier management. More specifically with the use of a fuzzy model and the combination of quantitative and qualitative models IP carriers selection is made.
ER  -