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Furthermore, an approach of vendor selection based on MW\u2010OBS (an artificial neural network pruning algorithm) is put forward. MW\u2010OBS contributes a lot in distinguishing the crucial items of selection criteria based on certain enterprise's operational data, instead of assuming the criteria set subjectively. Meanwhile MW\u2010OBS evaluates the importance weights of these crucial items in criteria by data training.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Findings<\/jats:title>The vendor selection criteria is believed to change for diverse enterprises and even for an enterprise's mutative business conditions because of the attribute of materials, cooperation relationships, and supplier's performance. The approach establishes the vendor selection criteria for different enterprises based on their own conditions, and once business environment changes, with new data being generated, the set can be refreshed dynamically and timely.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Research limitations\/implications<\/jats:title>This approach extends the research of neural network pruning algorithm, for example the importance of all reserved criteria can be achieved from trained network without extra optimization,<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Originality\/value<\/jats:title>This approach put emphasis on distinguishing dynamic criteria consistent with enterprise's circumstance. 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