The research on the method of supply chain partner selection

With the aggravation of global competition and progress of the science and technology, modem management thought and means are improving and developing constantly, more and more enterprises begin to use supply chain management tactics. Partner selection play a very important role in supply chain management. It determines whole competitive power of supply chain directly, so selecting a suitable method of partner selection becomes an important component of the modern enterprise strategy. This paper has introduced two-phase method when selecting partner. the first phase classifies all partners using grey clustering and selecting stractegic partner, on the basis of this, the second phase determines the optimal partner and quantity of each partner model of double-layer programming, then uses genetic algorithm to solve the model. Finally the paper sets an example to demonstrate validity of the method.