Author(s)

Chun-Lien Su, Wen-Feng Chen, Chi-Hsiang Liao, Wen-Fu Tu, Hai-Ming Ching

Corresponding Author

Chun-Lien Su

ABSTRACT

This paper aims to investigate the differences in evaluation and selection criteria affecting of procurement of marine equipment between marine shipping and shipbuilding industries. The multi-criteria decision-making of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is used to develop the evaluation and selection model for procurement of marine equipment, and analyze the perception of such criteria in marine shipping and shipbuilding industries. In order to test the actual validity of the evaluation and selection model, this paper performed a validation study using actual data of marine shipping and shipbuilding industries. Test results have indicated that the top five most important criteria perceived by marine shipping industry were in the order including product quality standards, compliance with ship classification specifications, product reliability, product safety, and low population. The high largest perceptual differences between these two industries were in the order including product acquisition costs, vendor brand reputation, product quality standards, product reliability, and maintenance. The study results can be used as reference to reduce the perceptual differences between these two industries.

KEYWORDS

Marine Shipping Industry, Shipbuilding Industry, Marine Engineering, Selection Criteria, Shipbuilding Supply Chain.