Küreselleşmeyle birlikte ortaya çıkan teknolojik yeniliklerin ve modadaki hızlı değişimlerin sonucu hazır giyim sektöründe

The garment sector is witnessing intense competition due to advances in technology and rapid transformation in fashionwith globalization. In this competitive environment, it is a critical decision problem for garment companies to select the rightsuppliers to be able to manufacture products of high quality at low costs. The aim of this study was to select the most suitable fabricraw material supplier for a garment company operating in the Organized Industrial Zone of the city of Ordu. AHP and TOPSIS, whichare multi-criteria decision making methods, were used. Three employees in charge of purchasing, manufacturing and marketingactivities of the garment company were consulted as decision-makers. The hierarchy based on literature review and expert feedbackhad four main criteria (quality, price, delivery and service) and twelve subcriteria. Results showed that the most important maincriterion was “quality” while the most important subcriteria for the four main criteria “quality,” “price,” “delivery” and “service” were“product quality,” “reasonable price,” “complete delivery” and “warranty,” respectively. The alternatives had the same ranking andsuperiority ranks in both AHP and TOPSIS. “Supplier-1” received the highest score, and therefore, was selected as the most suitablesupplier for the garment company.