Novel Fuzzy Composite Indicators for Locating a Logistics Platform under Sustainability Perspectives

Hana Ayadi,Lyes Kermad,Mounir Benaissa,Nadia Hamani

doi:10.3390/su13073891

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to help decision-makers choose the location of a logistics platform with sustainability perspectives. This study presents a compensatory and partially compensatory approach to build composite indicators, using mainly fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making methods. In the first instance, the fuzzy full consistency method (F-FUCOM) was used to calculate the weight of the criteria and sub-criteria. In the second instance, two aggregation methods, namely the fuzzy multi-attribute ideal-real comparative analysis (F-MAIRCA) and the fuzzy preference ranking organization method for enrichment evaluation (F-PROMETHEE), were used to rank the location of a logistics platform. The novelty of the work lays in studying the impact of limited sustainability and weak sustainability on the location of a logistics platform. In this respect, the aggregation of various sustainability criterion in fuzzy compensatory and partially compensatory composite indicators is an innovative and interesting approach used to locate a logistics platform. The obtained results show that economic sustainability is the most important criterion for the selection of a logistics platform, followed by the environmental criterion. Obviously, the F-MAIRCA and F-PROMETHEE methods provided the same ranking orders. Finally, sensitivity analyses were performed to validate the robustness of the proposed approach.

Highlights

In an increasingly competitive environment, the freight transport system is undeniably necessary to ensure the proper functioning of the city economy through its presence in the upstream and downstream of the supply chain [1,2]
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An approach for locating the logistics platforms with sustainability perspectives was introduced in this paper

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Introduction

In an increasingly competitive environment, the freight transport system is undeniably necessary to ensure the proper functioning of the city economy through its presence in the upstream and downstream of the supply chain [1,2]. To make the movement of goods more fluid, it is essential to know the characteristics of the urban space, its stakes and its constraints [3,4] To this end, the establishment of a logistics platform, located a few kilometers from the city center, can certainly alleviate the severity of the impact of freight transport on the city, and in terms of sustainable development, by making deliveries more fluid. The main mission of this platform is to pool resources and to decrease the concentration of flows to the city or, more precisely, to the city center [5] It reduces transport costs, delays and nuisances, and facilitates the flow of goods and the transition from one mode of transport to another, using technologically advanced and efficient equipment to handle containers. These activities accompanied by storage operations require large, equipped warehouses

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