“…According to Aguezzoul [7], the main MCDM methods used in the case of 3PL provider selection are: analytic hierarchy process (AHP) [14,[38][39][40][41], analytic network process (ANP) [9,11,34,42,43], technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) [10,39,44], interpretive structural model (ISM) [42,44,45], multi-criteria optimization and compromise solution (VIKOR) [43,46], decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) [34,43], quality function deployment (QFD) [35,37], elimination and choice expressing reality (ELECTRE) [47], and utility theory [47]. Also, two different MCDM methods were applied together or a fuzzy sets theory (FST) is used with one of the MCDM methods as an integrated solution [10,13,14,37,39,40,44,46,48,49]. In terms of the number of publication from 1994 to 2013, AHP, ANP, and TOPSIS were chosen as the top three MCDM methods for the 3PL provider evaluation and selection [7].…”