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Selecting a Cattle Food Supplier as a Group Decision-Making Problem

Published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Michigan www.asabe.org

Citation:  7th World Congress on Computers in Agriculture Conference Proceedings, 22-24 June 2009, Reno, Nevada (electronic only)  711P0409e.(doi:10.13031/2013.29093)
Authors:   Zorica Srdjevic, Snezana Trivunovic, Bojan Srdjevic, Tihomir Zoranovic
Keywords:   cattle food, supplier, multi-criteria analysis.

Paper presents the result of a scientific experiment in which multi-criteria decision-making tools and a method from the social choice theory are used for solving typical agricultural problem: selecting a cattle food supplier in presence of five typical criteria. Four decision makers took part in this experiment came from different interest sectors (food industry, science, academy and private ownership), and they expectedly demonstrated different attitudes, interests and evaluation capacities. Four recognized national animal food suppliers are evaluated with respect to their performance in offering acceptable costs, food quality, supply reliability, prestige on the market and payment conditions. Decision-making methods involved are Compromise Programming and TOPSIS. A social choice method Borda count is used to aggregate individual rankings obtained by the decision makers into the group decision. Combination of multi-criteria and social choice methods described in this work at proof-of-concept level recommends itself as a trustful practice in related agricultural business.

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