Journal
COMPUTERS & OPERATIONS RESEARCH
Volume 34, Issue 12, Pages 3701-3714Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2006.01.011
Keywords
case-based reasoning; rule-based reasoning; compromise programming; fuzzy logic; evaluation and selection 3PL service providers; decision support system
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Outsourcing is an increasingly important issue pursued by corporations seeking improved efficiency. Logistics outsourcing or third-party logistics (3PL) involves the use of external companies to perform some or all of the firm's logistics activities. This paper proposes an intelligent decision support framework for effective 3PL evaluation and selection. The proposed framework integrates case-based reasoning, rule-based reasoning and compromise programming techniques in fuzzy environment. This real-time decision-making approach deals with uncertain and imprecise decision situations. Furthermore, the integration of different methodologies takes the advantage of their strengths and complements each other's weaknesses. Consequently, the framework leads to a more accurate. flexible and efficient retrieval of 3PL service providers (alternatives) that are most similar and most useful to the current decision situation. Finally, a real industrial application is given to demonstrate the potential of the proposed framework. (c) 2006 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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