PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore selection of the best ERP suppliers in the clothing industry by using analytic hierarchy process (AHP).Design/methodology/approachAHP is used in order to achieve the paper's purpose; selection criteria are determined by managers and experts.FindingsThree different enterprise resource planning (ERP) suppliers are investigated and best alternative is selected by using AHP. After the best alternative is selected, cost benefit analysis is calculated in order to define decisive result. All calculations are verified by performing the consistency test.Research limitations/implicationsSelection criteria and their evaluations can be changed depending on size of the clothing manufacturer and product type.Originality/valueThe results of the study will be helpful to clothing manufacturers which plan to implement an ERP system in their organizations. Furthermore, they can use AHP in other decision problems as well.
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