Research Article

An Approach for Generating Weights Using the Pairwise Comparison Matrix

Table 14

Pairwise comparison matrices for three suppliers relative to subcriteria of C4 and their local weights.

SupplierSupplier 1Supplier 2Supplier 3EM weightsModel (8)

A. Comparison of suppliers with respect to production capacity (C41) (consistency ratio 0.0739)
Supplier 111/51/40.0941.000
Supplier 25130.6276.635
Supplier 341/310.2802.968

B. Comparison of suppliers with respect to predictive and preventive maintenance (C42) (consistency ratio 0.0332)
Supplier 11350.6376.066
Supplier 21/3130.2582.461
Supplier 31/51/310.1051.000

C. Comparison of suppliers with respect to lead-time (C43) (consistency ratio 0.0212)
Supplier 1121/40.2001.708
Supplier 21/211/50.1171.000
Supplier 34510.6835.840

D. Comparison of suppliers with respect to up-to-date techniques and equipment (C44) (consistency ratio 0)
Supplier 11140.4444.000
Supplier 21140.4444.000
Supplier 31/41/410.1111.000

E. Comparison of suppliers with respect to transportation-storage and packaging (C45) (consistency ratio 0.0634)
Supplier 1131/30.2682.277
Supplier 21/311/40.1171.000
Supplier 33410.6145.205

F. Comparison of suppliers with respect to new product development (C46) (consistency ratio 0.0634)
Supplier 111/360.2854.554
Supplier 23180.65310.409
Supplier 31/61/810.0621.000