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

Hana Ayadi, Nadia Hamani, Lyes Kermad and Mounir Benaissa
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Hana Ayadi: IUT de Montreuil, University of Paris 8, 93100 Montreuil, France
Nadia Hamani: INSSET, University of Picardie Jules Verne, 02100 Saint Quentin, France
Lyes Kermad: IUT de Montreuil, University of Paris 8, 93100 Montreuil, France
Mounir Benaissa: ISGIS, University of Sfax, Sfax 3021, Tunisia

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 7, 1-37

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.

Keywords: logistics platform; facility location selection; composite indicators; multi-criteria decision-making; F-FUCOM; F-PROMETHEE; F-MAIRCA; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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