BWM Method for Prioritization of Agile Supplier Selection Criteria Considering Management Capability Aspect.

Organizations should deal with uncertain and unpredictable changes while enhancing responsiveness skills in order to to survive in dynamic market circumstances. In recent years, agility concept becomes more and more popular to meet these needs in both management and manufacturing sectors. From supply chain aspect, collaborating with agile suppliers is essential for creating an agile supply chain, which is flexible, quick, and responsive. This study provides the prioritization of agile supplier selection criteria specifically focusing on the management capability aspect. Five factors are determined and then best-worst method (BWM), which is based on choosing the most important and least important criteria among the criteria, is employed for the evaluation process. The case study is conducted in Turkish dye industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]