Multicriteria optimisation in logistics forwarder activities

Abstract

Logistics forwarder, as organizer and planner of coordination and integration of all the transport and logistics chains elements, uses adequate ways and methods in the process of planning and decision-making. One of these methods analysed in this paper, which could be used in optimisation of transport and logistics processes and activities of logistics forwarder, is the multicriteria optimisation method. Using that method, in this paper is suggested model of multicriteria optimisation of logistics forwarder activities. The suggested model of optimisation is justified in keeping with method principles of multicriteria optimization, which is included in operation research methods and it represents the process of multicriteria optimization of variants. Among many different processes of multicriteria optimization, PROMETHEE (Preference Ranking OrganizationMethod for Enrichment Evaluations) and Promcalc& Gaia V. 3.2., computer program of multicriteria programming, which is based on the mentioned process, were used. Logistički špediter, kao glavni organizator i planer koordiniranosti i integriranosti svih elemenata unutar transportnih i logističkih procesa koristi primjerene načine i metode planiranja i odlučivanja. Jedna od metoda koja može naći svoju primjenu u optimizaciji predmetnih transportnih logističkih procesa i djelatnosti logističkih špeditera, a koja je analizirana u ovoj raspravi je metoda višekriterijske optimizacije. Korištenjem te metode u ovoj raspravi je predložen model višekriterijske optimizacije aktivnosti logističkoga špeditera. Predloženi model osmišljen je u skladu s temeljnim principima metode višekriterijske optimizacije, koja spada u metode operacijskih istraživanja, a predstavlja postupak višekriterijskog rangiranja varijanti. Između više različitih postupaka višekriterijske optimizacije, korišten je postupak PROMETHEE (Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment Evaluations) te računalni program višekriterijskog programiranja Promcalc & Gaia V 3.2., koji se temelji na navedenom postupku.