A grey DEMATEL approach to develop third-party logistics provider selection criteria

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 690-722

  Govindan, Kannan ^a   Khodaverdi, Roohollah ^b   Vafadarnikjoo, Amin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ALLAMEH TABATABA'I UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

DEMATEL; Grey systems theory; Supply chain management; Third party logistics

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; STABILITY CRITERIA; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM THEORY;

DEMATEL; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ON-TIME DELIVERY PERFORMANCE; SELECTION AND EVALUATIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY; THIRD PARTY LOGISTICS; THIRD PARTY LOGISTICS (3PL); THIRD PARTY LOGISTICS PROVIDERS;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 84968610536     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IMDS-05-2015-0180     Document Type: Article

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