Supplier Selection Criteria of Turkish Automotive Industry

Abstract

Supplier selection in supply chain management becomes more important due to the competition between supply chains rather than companies. Managing the supply chain is an important but complex issue for automotive manufacturers. This increases the importance of effective supplier selection in automotive industry. In this study, in order to investigate the supplier selection in supply chain management a questionnaire is applied to companies of Turkish Automotive Industry which is being affected from the increasing competition. A factor analysis is applied to the findings of questionnaire to explore the supplier selection criteria of Turkish Automotive Industry Companies.