Decision Support Framework for Selection of 3PL Service Providers: Dominance-Based Approach in Combination with Grey Set Theory

• Published in: International journal of information technology & decision making Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 25 - 57
• Main Authors: Sen, Dilip Kumar, Datta, Saurav, Mahapatra, Siba Sankar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore World Scientific Publishing Company 01.01.2017; World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte., Ltd
• Subjects: Decision support systems; Decision theory; Dominance; Logistics; Logistics management; Outsourcing; Set theory; Supply chains; PROMETHEE; TODIM; grey-TOPSIS; dominance measure; third party logistics; Logistics outsourcing

Since past two decades, logistics outsourcing has got immense importance in the context of supply chain management. Logistics outsourcing or outsourcing of third party logistics (3PL) comprises involvement of outside firms to execute logistics activities of a firm efficiently. As deployment of 3PL p...