A Proposal for a Decision-Making Tool in Third-Party Logistics (3PL) Provider Selection Based on Multi-Criteria Analysis and the Fuzzy Approach

Jovčić, Stefan; Průša, Petr; Dobrodolac, Momčilo; Švadlenka, Libor

doi:10.3390/su11154236

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“…It is usually used to synthesize opinions expressed, prioritize structures, analyze conflict situations, make recommendations, and/or provide operational advice." MCA has been widely used to deal with decision problems including multiple criteria [53].…”

Section: Multi-criteria Analysis As a Tool For Successful Developmentmentioning

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Implementation of Sustainable Motorways of the Sea Services Multi-Criteria Analysis of a Croatian Port System

et al. 2019

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Motorways of the Sea present a practical example of combined and sustainable transport. With respect to the present model of functionality of the transport system in the Republic of Croatia, where the development of the port and of the gravitational transport system is left to each individual port (six independent ports), and where there is no systematic approach to specialization of each port or route, the results of the analysis are not promising. The goal of this research is to explain why the current Motorways of the Sea implementation model is inefficient and unsustainable. The analysis shows that a scientific approach to multicriteria analysis, which includes the identification of all relevant factors, the analysis of the transport infrastructure, as well as the identification of criteria which could potentially affect the Motorways of the Sea system, can correctly define the optimal model for the implementation of a sustainable Motorways of the Sea system.

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Section: Multi-criteria Analysis As a Tool For Successful Developmentmentioning

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Implementation of Sustainable Motorways of the Sea Services Multi-Criteria Analysis of a Croatian Port System

et al. 2019

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“…In the field of logistics, a concept based on a fuzzy analytic hierarchy process was applied. Wang et al (2016) applied a fuzzy AHP for forming approaches to support the selection of transport mode for military logistics, and similar approach was used for a decision-making tool in third-party logistics (3PL) provider selection (Bulgurcu & Nakiboglu, 2018;Singh et al, 2018;Jovčić et al, 2019). Alkharabsheh et al (2019) analysed passenger demand for the development of the urban transport system by an AHP model.…”

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A Model for Business Performance Improvement: A Case of the Postal Company

Lazarević

Dobrodolac

Švadlenka

et al. 2020

Journal of Business Economics and Management

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The aim of this paper is to propose a management model which would assess the state of the business and indicate the improvement points, as well as to demonstrate the applicability of the model in a case of the postal company. An A’BA model is proposed which represents a combined application of Analytic Hierarchy Process – AHP method as a multi-criteria decision making tool and theory of business areas. The research consists of two parts. To define the most important influencing factor on business performance, the experts are interviewed. A new concept is proposed and applied in the process of aggregating experts’ assessments based on their mapping in a plane. This creates the appropriate surface, and the position of its centroid in relation to the Saaty’s scale defines the final score of pairwise comparison - an indicator of the relationship between two elements that are compared. In the second part, additional experts from the determined area are involved to define an approach for detailed analysis of the most important factor. In this case, the approach included a survey of employees based on the specialized questionnaire. The guidelines for business performance improvement are obtained.The aim of this paper is to propose a management model which would assess the state of the business and indicate the improvement points, as well as to demonstrate the applicability of the model in a case of the postal company. An A’BA model is proposed which represents a combined application of Analytic Hierarchy Process – AHP method as a multi-criteria decision making tool and theory of business areas. The research consists of two parts. To define the most important influencing factor on business performance, the experts are interviewed. A new concept is proposed and applied in the process of aggregating experts’ assessments based on their mapping in a plane. This creates the appropriate surface, and the position of its centroid in relation to the Saaty’s scale defines the final score of pairwise comparison - an indicator of the relationship between two elements that are compared. In the second part, additional experts from the determined area are involved to define an approach for detailed analysis of the most important factor. In this case, the approach included a survey of employees based on the specialized questionnaire. The guidelines for business performance improvement are obtained.

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“…We calculate the distance between the positive ideal solution F + and the negative solution F − based on the Euclidean Distance [56,57]; then:…”

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A New Solution for City Distribution to Achieve Environmental Benefits within the Trend of Green Logistics: A Case Study in China

Yang

Latif

et al. 2020

Sustainability

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Green logistics has become a consensus and an important method to achieve sustainable development in industrial activities. However, the traditional direct distribution mode has high carbon emissions, an uncertain delivery time, and a low delivery efficiency. Uncoordinated resource allocations and unreasonable network layouts of terminal distributions have shackled green development within the express delivery industry. Considering the trend of green logistics, this study innovatively proposes a comprehensive and environmentally friendly mode for city distribution based on end crowdsourcing service stations (ECSSs). This study also adopts node centrality indices of complex network theory to evaluate the node importance of existing terminal distribution outlets. The comprehensive weights of the indices are obtained via the three-scale AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) and TOPSIS (Technology for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution) methods to identify the candidate nodes for ECSSs. Finally, a location model is built to determine the optimal location to establish the ECSSs. A real-world case study was conducted to provide the location scheme of ECSSs in Beijing, China. Environmental benefits as well as economic and social benefits can be substantially achieved through the implementation of the new mode. The results show that carbon emissions can be reduced by 23.79–28.49% for the end of the distribution, 16.27–16.35% for the front-end, and approximately 17% for the entire distribution. Additionally, the loading rate of vans for the front-end of the distribution can be improved by 15.77%.

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A Proposal for a Decision-Making Tool in Third-Party Logistics (3PL) Provider Selection Based on Multi-Criteria Analysis and the Fuzzy Approach

Cited by 46 publications

References 64 publications

Implementation of Sustainable Motorways of the Sea Services Multi-Criteria Analysis of a Croatian Port System

Implementation of Sustainable Motorways of the Sea Services Multi-Criteria Analysis of a Croatian Port System

A Model for Business Performance Improvement: A Case of the Postal Company

A New Solution for City Distribution to Achieve Environmental Benefits within the Trend of Green Logistics: A Case Study in China

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