EVALUATION OF ROUTE ALTERNATIVE IN INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION WITH INTEGRATED AHP-GRA METHODS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFECTIVENESS

Year 2020, Issue: 2, 45 - 72, 18.03.2020

Ömer Faruk Görçün

Abstract

Being able to carry out transport activities in terms of efficiency and high performance is very important for international transport companies. At the same time, businesses focus on sustainability of their efficiency and effectiveness. There are a number of strategic decisions that decision-makers need to take for improving the productivity levels of enterprises in an international transport operation. One of these decisions is related to route selection. The choice of the appropriate route not only structurally shapes the transport operation, but also largely determines the efficiency and effectiveness of the operation. This study aims to evaluate the route alternatives used in transports to European countries using a hybrid multi-criteria decision-making methodology that integrates Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Grey Relational analysis (GRA). In order to obtain more realistic and feasible results, a panel of experts consisting of seven members was formed. The decision points, selection criteria and decision-makers to answer binary comparison questions were determined in the meetings held with the members of the experts committee.

Keywords

Grey Relational Analysis, The Analytic Hierarchy Process, Route Planning, Transport

VERİMLİLİK VE ETKİNLİK ÇERÇEVESİNDE ENTEGRE AHP-GİA YÖNTEMLERİ KULLANILARAK ULUSLARARASI TAŞIMACILIKTA ALTERNATİF GÜZERGÂHLARIN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

Abstract

Verimlilik, etkinlik ve yüksek performans perspektifinde taşımacılık faaliyetlerini yürütebilmek, uluslararası taşımacılık firmaları için son derece önemlidir. Aynı zamanda işletmeler verimliliklerinin ve etkinliklerinin sürdürülebilir olmasına odaklanmaktadırlar. Bu kapsamda, bir uluslararası taşımacılık operasyonunda işletmelerin rekabet edebilirlik düzeylerini korumak ve geliştirmek için karar vericilerin almaları gereken çok sayıda stratejik karar bulunmaktadır. Bu kararlardan biri de güzergâh seçimi ile ilgilidir. Uygun güzergâhın seçimi taşıma operasyonunu yapısal olarak biçimlendirmenin yanı sıra, operasyonun verimliliğini ve etkinliğini büyük ölçüde belirlemektedir. Bu çalışma; Avrupa ülkelerine yapılan taşımalarda kullanılan güzergâh alternatiflerini Analitik Hiyerarşi Prosesi (AHP) ve Gri İlişkisel Analiz (GİA) yöntemlerinin entegre edildiği hibrid bir Çok Kriterli Karar Verme Metodolojisi kullanarak değerlendirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Çalışmada daha gerçekçi ve uygulanabilir sonuçların elde edilebilmesi için yedi kişiden oluşan bir uzmanlar kurulu oluşturulmuş, uzmanlar kurulu üyeleri ile yapılan toplantılarda karar noktaları, seçim kriterleri ile birlikte, hazırlanacak ikili karşılaştırma sorularının yöneltileceği karar alıcılar da belirlenmiştir. 

Keywords

Gri İlişkisel Analiz, Analitik Hiyerarşi Prosesi, Güzergâh Planlama, Taşıma

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