MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS MODEL FOR WAREHOUSE LOCATION IN DISASTER LOGISTICS

Abstract

Purpose- Optimum location of warehouses for disaster logistics increases the performance of humanitarian logistics, so that all the needs of beneficiaries can be delivered in a short time. In this paper, a multi-criteria decision analysis model is designed to decide the best warehouse location in disaster logistics in Trabzon, Turkey.

Methodology- Entropy is used to determine the important weights of the criteria. The SAW, TOPSIS and VIKOR methods are utilized to rank the warehouse location alternatives. The ranking results are also combined by the Borda Count method to obtain a final ranking. The robustness of the model is examined by the sensitivity analysis.

Findings- According to the results of the analysis, the disaster situation of the land, land size, and the distance of settlement were determined as the three most important criteria. Sensitivity analysis also proved  the robustness of the model.

Conclusion- The results are consistent with the expectations of the decision makers and seem to support their decisions. For future studies, the results can be compared using fuzzy techniques.

 

Keywords

• Disaster logistics,warehouse location decision,multicriteria decision making techniques

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