Track: Logistics, Transport and Traffic Management

Abstract

Transportation is one of the main subjects in logistics as it is the responsible of connecting the several steps that result in the conversion of resources into useful goods in the name of the ultimate consumer.  Thus, making the appropriate and effective transportation decisions to properly make the products arrive safe to customers at right time, right place and right cost, is one of the most important operations that transportation managers should focus on.

Transportation mode selection is one of the most important strategic transportation decisions. Furthermore, deciding on the appropriate transport mode is a complex problem due to the involvement of several stakeholders with different conflicting criteria in making decisions. In this sense, the Multi-criteria group decision making methods have been used by several researchers to determine the appropriate transportation mode. The aim of this paper is to present an overview of the use of Multi-Criteria Group Decision Making methods for the resolution of transportation problems, with a special focus on the transport mode selection problem.