Abstract:

Supplier loyalty within the sectors affects the competitiveness of the enterprises as well as the material elements. The basic aim of the research is to evaluate the supplier loyalty’s existing in different sectors. In this research, DEMATEL and MAUT methods were used to evaluate the supplier loyalty's within the sectors. For that purpose, firstly, factors that affecting the supplier loyalty’s were specified via expert opinions and research of literature. After specifying the factors, the factors that affecting the supplier loyalty’s were prioritized with DEMATEL method. Following the prioritized of factors, suppliers loyalty’s to the sectors was evaluated by utilizing the MAUT method. Lastly, changes that may occur in the results of the research were examined by performing scenario analysis. The consequences of the performed analysis showed that the “Costs” are the most significance factor in the supplier loyalty. In addition, the textile sector has been specified as the superlative sector from the point of supplier loyalty within the sectors in the research.

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