Abstract
Third party logistics (3PL) supplier selection problem is a multi-criteria selection problem that is frequently discussed in the literature. Medicine is a fundamental element for human health and drug transportation must be carried out on time and under conditions that will ensure that the drug does not lose its physical properties. Therefore, the pharmaceutical industry is one of the foremost and most important sectors in 3PL. In this multi-criteria problem where the evaluation criteria are linguistic rather than numerical, vagueness and impreciseness in evaluations can only be handled with the help of fuzzy sets. With the help of intuitionistic fuzzy sets, one of the new extensions of fuzzy sets, the vagueness and impreciseness here will be discussed and the 3PL supplier selection problem will be tried to be solved with the TOPSIS method, which is one of the most used MCDM methods in the literature. The use of Interval-Valued Intuitionistic Fuzzy sets will add more flexibility and accuracy to the assessment. Thus, the Interval-Valued Intuitionistic Fuzzy TOPSIS method is used to solve the 3PL supplier selection problem and the robustness of the decisions taken is tested with a sensitivity analysis.
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
