This research paper aims to give a new dimension to the decision maker by proposing a hybrid model of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and preference ranking organisation method for enrichment evaluation (PROMETHEE) in 3PL selection. It uses an integrated approach of AHP-PROMTHEE as a selection methodology to select an efficient and requisite 3PL firm for a manufacturer. A relatively new and us...

Third-party warehousing logistics has an important role in the development of external logistics. At present, the third-party logistics in our country is still a new industry, the accounting system has not yet been established, the current financial accounting system of third-party warehousing logistics is mainly in the traditional way of thinking, and only able to provide the total cost inform...

Business environment is full of ups and down this makes companies to develop different ways using resources. By expanding life cycle products, these can be cost effective not harmful for environment. As Reverse Logistics (RL) uses a product after end its life, it reduces pollution, therefore has been considered as part sustainable development. The core goal current research developing framework...

Drawing on the resource-based view of the firm, which has emerged as a potential integrating paradigm for strategy research, this research proposes and tests an integrated framework to explain how IT may influence firm performance. The framework recognizes that IT is most likely to affect a firm’s performance through its impact on intermediate processes, and draws on resource-based theory to ex...

The Supply Chain (SC) of both manufacturing and commercial enterprises comprises a highly distributed environment, in which complex processes evolve within a network of interacting companies. A typical SC includes different levels as shown in the diagram of Figure 1. As shown in this figure, and reading the diagram from right to left (“Customer Information Flow”), the first level of organizatio...

-The selection of third party logistics (TPL) providers is an important issue for enterprises to outsource their logistics business. In this paper we propose a comprehensive evaluation model for TPL suppliers based on AHP method. Furthermore, we Base on the evaluation index system including logistics cost, the logistics operation efficiency and the basic qualities of service. The efficiency and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a clustering approach to segment supply chain partners in the automobile industry and prioritize services offered by third party logistics service (3PL) providers. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 98 automobile and auto-parts manufacturers are surveyed to identify service needs, preferences, and outsourcing commitments. By applying a two-...

Considering the probability of the logistics business successfully completed is influenced by the effort level of 4PL and 3PL, it will cause bilateral moral risk in the case that both sides of the factors of production cannot be checked. Using the principal-agent theory, the paper discusses both sides contracts in the centralized decision and distributed decision, founding that short-term contr...