ADVANCES IN FUZZY TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS: IN OCCASION OF LOTFI ZADEH 100 BIRTH ANNIVERSARY.

Since the fuzzy techniques in supplier selection, industrial procurement and inventory management form the important parts of the application in supply chain management (SCM). Considering that, the fuzzy techniques involved in the eight papers are all based on the fuzzy theory proposed by Zadeh, and they all well integrate the original fuzzy theory into various decision-making method and further properly be applied into the most popular fields of supply chain management (SCM) and finance economics. Supplier selection, procurement containing supplier and order allocation and inventory management are important parts of SCM. [Extracted from the article]