A FUZZY DECISION-MAKING APPROACH FOR EVALUATION AND SELECTION OF THIRD PARTY REVERSE LOGISTICS PROVIDER USING FUZZY ARAS

IF 1.3 4区工程技术 Q3 TRANSPORTATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Transport Pub Date : 2021-01-21 DOI:10.3846/TRANSPORT.2020.14226

Reza Rostamzadeh, A. Esmaeili, H. Sivilevičius, Hossein Bodaghi Khajeh Nobard

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Abstract

Business environment is full of ups and down and this makes companies to develop different ways of using resources. By expanding life cycle of products, these ways can be cost effective and not harmful for environment. As Reverse Logistics (RL) uses a product after end of its life, it reduces pollution, therefore it has been considered as a part of sustainable development. The core goal of current research is developing a framework by which it evaluates Third Party RL Provider (3rdPRLP) using Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) based on Fuzzy Additive Ratio ASsessment (FARAS). Thirty-seven criteria were identified, which are classified into seven main criteria. The main criteria were ranked as follows: product lifecycle position C1, RL process function C2, organizational performance C3, organizational role of RL C4, IT system and communication C5, general company consideration C6, geographical location C7. Market coverage, destination, financial considerations, integrated system, reclaim, efficiency and quality, and growth are each group’s dominant sub-criteria. In addition, the current research helps the logistics managers to better understand the key attributes’ complex relationships in the environment of decision-making.

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基于模糊区域的第三方逆向物流供应商评价与选择模糊决策方法

商业环境充满了起伏，这使得企业开发出不同的资源利用方式。通过延长产品的生命周期，这些方法既具有成本效益，又不会对环境造成危害。由于逆向物流(RL)在产品的使用寿命结束后使用，它减少了污染，因此被认为是可持续发展的一部分。当前研究的核心目标是开发一个框架，通过该框架，使用基于模糊加性比率评估(FARAS)的多准则决策(MCDM)来评估第三方RL提供商(3rdPRLP)。确定了37个标准，并将其分为7个主要标准。主要标准排序如下:产品生命周期位置C1、RL过程功能C2、组织绩效C3、RL组织角色C4、IT系统和沟通C5、公司总体考虑C6、地理位置C7。市场覆盖、目的地、财务考虑、综合系统、回收、效率和质量以及增长是每一组的主要子标准。此外，本研究有助于物流管理者更好地理解决策环境中关键属性之间的复杂关系。

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Transport Engineering-Mechanical Engineering

CiteScore

3.40

自引率

5.90%

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审稿时长

4 months

期刊介绍： At present, transport is one of the key branches playing a crucial role in the development of economy. Reliable and properly organized transport services are required for a professional performance of industry, construction and agriculture. The public mood and efficiency of work also largely depend on the valuable functions of a carefully chosen transport system. A steady increase in transportation is accompanied by growing demands for a higher quality of transport services and optimum efficiency of transport performance. Currently, joint efforts taken by the transport experts and governing institutions of the country are required to develop and enhance the performance of the national transport system conducting theoretical and empirical research. TRANSPORT is an international peer-reviewed journal covering main aspects of transport and providing a source of information for the engineer and the applied scientist. The journal TRANSPORT publishes articles in the fields of: transport policy; fundamentals of the transport system; technology for carrying passengers and freight using road, railway, inland waterways, sea and air transport; technology for multimodal transportation and logistics; loading technology; roads, railways; airports, ports, transport terminals; traffic safety and environment protection; design, manufacture and exploitation of motor vehicles; pipeline transport; transport energetics; fuels, lubricants and maintenance materials; teamwork of customs and transport; transport information technologies; transport economics and management; transport standards; transport educology and history, etc.