Identify and Rank the Factors Influencing the Selection of Suppliers of the Iran Steel National Industrial Group

Document Type : Research/ Original/ Regular Article

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1 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Business Management, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.

2 Professor, Department of Management, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.

3 Associate Professor, Department of Management, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.

4 Associate Professor, Department of Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The aim of the current research was to design a model for identification and ranking of factors influencing the selection of suppliers of Iran's National Steel Industrial Group. In terms of the method, the current research is part of the descriptive research and based on its main purpose, it is an exploratory and confirmatory study, and in terms of the applied purpose. After filtering the criteria, based on the DEMATEL technique, the desired criteria affecting the evaluation and selection of suppliers will be determined and the relationship between them and the modeling of these relationships will be done. In the third step, the ANP method is used to weight the criteria. Finally, in the fourth stage, the questionnaire to determine structural modeling relationships is completed by the experts of the organization and using the data obtained from the questionnaires, the method of structural equations is used to confirm the exploratory model. The technique used in the current research was an in-depth interview-Delphi method, a statistical population of 10 knowledgeable experts on the subject of the research, and a non-probability chain sampling method. The results of the study showed that the factors of product authenticity and compliance with standards and requested product analysis with a weight of 0.148 were in the first rank, and the factors of a reliable or exclusive representative of the product and after-sales service (guarantee and warranty) with weights of 0.144 and 0.123 were in the second and third ranks, respectively.

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Supply Chain Management
Volume 27, Issue 87 - Serial Number 87
Serial number 87. Summer 2025
September 2025
Pages 67-82

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  • Receive Date: 27 October 2024
  • Revise Date: 20 November 2024
  • Accept Date: 12 July 2025
  • Publish Date: 21 September 2025

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