Supplier Selection for Equipment Manufacturing Under the Background of Free Trade Zone

This paper analyzed market competition and established supplier selection objectives and supplier evaluation under the demand of supplier selection for equipment manufacturing industry chain in free trade zone (FTZ). The model of supplier selection based on cluster analysis was established. First the mathematical model was used to describe the supplier selection by cluster analysis. Then, the solution procedure and decision strategies were proposed to solve the model. At Last a case was studied to prove the effectiveness of the model.