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.
| Supplier | Supplier 1 | Supplier 2 | Supplier 3 | EM weights | Model (8) |
| A. Comparison of suppliers with respect to production capacity (C41) (consistency ratio 0.0739) | Supplier 1 | 1 | 1/5 | 1/4 | 0.094 | 1.000 | Supplier 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0.627 | 6.635 | Supplier 3 | 4 | 1/3 | 1 | 0.280 | 2.968 |
| B. Comparison of suppliers with respect to predictive and preventive maintenance (C42) (consistency ratio 0.0332) | Supplier 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0.637 | 6.066 | Supplier 2 | 1/3 | 1 | 3 | 0.258 | 2.461 | Supplier 3 | 1/5 | 1/3 | 1 | 0.105 | 1.000 |
| C. Comparison of suppliers with respect to lead-time (C43) (consistency ratio 0.0212) | Supplier 1 | 1 | 2 | 1/4 | 0.200 | 1.708 | Supplier 2 | 1/2 | 1 | 1/5 | 0.117 | 1.000 | Supplier 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0.683 | 5.840 |
| D. Comparison of suppliers with respect to up-to-date techniques and equipment (C44) (consistency ratio 0) | Supplier 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.444 | 4.000 | Supplier 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.444 | 4.000 | Supplier 3 | 1/4 | 1/4 | 1 | 0.111 | 1.000 |
| E. Comparison of suppliers with respect to transportation-storage and packaging (C45) (consistency ratio 0.0634) | Supplier 1 | 1 | 3 | 1/3 | 0.268 | 2.277 | Supplier 2 | 1/3 | 1 | 1/4 | 0.117 | 1.000 | Supplier 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0.614 | 5.205 |
| F. Comparison of suppliers with respect to new product development (C46) (consistency ratio 0.0634) | Supplier 1 | 1 | 1/3 | 6 | 0.285 | 4.554 | Supplier 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0.653 | 10.409 | Supplier 3 | 1/6 | 1/8 | 1 | 0.062 | 1.000 |
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