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Evaluation and selection of third party logistics services providers using data envelopment analysis: a sustainable approach

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  • Nirupam Choudhury
  • Rakesh D. Raut
  • Bhaskar B. Gardas
  • Manoj G. Kharat
  • Sankalp Ichake

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Third party logistics service providers (3PLSPs) evaluation and selection for a long-term as well as a strategic partnership is a very crucial and critical task and it is continually associated with uncertain challenges. To remain efficient and competent in the dynamically changing world of 21st century, organisations have reinforced their supply networks by building strategic partnership among both local and international suppliers. Adding to these, there are growing concerns from stakeholder for ensuring implementation of sustainability dimensions. The aim of this paper is to measure and compare the relative efficiency of the existing 3PLSPs based on the technical and sustainable criteria by using a data envelopment analysis (DEA), to find the best among the 3PLSPs portfolios, for the purpose of selection. Finally, a case study in a manufacturing firm is presented to demonstrate the potential use of the model.

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  • Nirupam Choudhury & Rakesh D. Raut & Bhaskar B. Gardas & Manoj G. Kharat & Sankalp Ichake, 2018. "Evaluation and selection of third party logistics services providers using data envelopment analysis: a sustainable approach," International Journal of Business Excellence, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 14(4), pages 427-453.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbexc:v:14:y:2018:i:4:p:427-453
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    Cited by:

    1. Anchal Gupta & Rajesh Kumar Singh & Sachin Kr Mangla, 2022. "Evaluation of logistics providers for sustainable service quality: Analytics based decision making framework," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 315(2), pages 1617-1664, August.
    2. Mohamed Rafik Noor Mohamed Qureshi, 2022. "A Bibliometric Analysis of Third-Party Logistics Services Providers (3PLSP) Selection for Supply Chain Strategic Advantage," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(19), pages 1-25, September.
    3. Katerina Fotova Čiković & Ivana Martinčević & Joško Lozić, 2022. "Application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in the Selection of Sustainable Suppliers: A Review and Bibliometric Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(11), pages 1-30, May.

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