Abstract
Corrugated box printing machines are precision equipment produced by markedly few manufacturers. They involve high investment cost and risk. Having a corrugated box precision printing machine (CBPPM) supplier with a good reputation enables a corrugated box manufacturer to maintain its competitive advantage. Accordingly, establishing an effective CBPPM supplier selection model is crucial for corrugated box manufacturers. This study established a two-stage CBPPM supplier selection model. The first stage involved the use of a modified Delphi method to construct a supplier selection hierarchy with five criteria and 14 subcriteria. In the second stage, an analytic network process was employed to calculate the weights of criteria and subcriteria and to determine the optimal supplier. According to the results, the five criteria in the model, in descending order of importance, are quality, commitment, cost, service attitude, and reputation. This model can provide insights for corrugated box manufacturers formulating their CBPPM supplier selection strategy.
Highlights
The global e-commerce market is rapidly developing, with exponential growth in online and TV shopping as well as demand for global shipping
Basnet [9] suggested that for both local and international businesses, quality, the ability to deliver on time, and performance are the most critical elements in supply chain management
Procurement plays a critical role in the operation of a corrugated box precision printing machine (CBPPM) manufacturer, which must establish a collaborative supply chain management system that integrates upstream and downstream suppliers well to shift from the red ocean strategy—which focuses on competition and price cuts—toward the blue ocean strategy, manufacturing products of high value at low cost [30]
Summary
The global e-commerce market is rapidly developing, with exponential growth in online and TV shopping as well as demand for global shipping. With the continuous and rapid development of the e-commerce market, corrugated boxes, as the main packaging products, will inevitably grow rapidly accompanied with the development of the packaging industry, driving the rapid growth of the corrugated box precision printing machine equipment industry. The demand for corrugated boxes is rapidly growing worldwide, contributing to the development of the corrugated box precision printing machine (CBPPM) industry. These expectations ance and quality of paper boxes rather than just basic paper box packaging These expecare closely related to the development of the CBPPM industry and spur market demands tations are closely related to the development of the CBPPM industry and spur market for corrugated boxes and for corrugated box precision printing machines. This study can provide insights into decision making strategies and operations that can becan adopted by theby industry
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