1Department of Biology and Chemistry, Chechen State University, Sheripova Str., 32, Grozny, 364024, Russia
2I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Trubetskayast., 8-2, Moscow, 119991, Russia, Russian Federation
3Moscow Polytechnic University, Bolshaya Semenovskaya St., 38, Moscow, 107023, Russia, Russian Federation
4Kuban State Agrarian University, Kalinina Str., 13, Krasnodar, 350044, Russia, Russian Federation
*Corresponding Author E-mail: ibragim-1991@mail.ru
Online published on 28 October, 2020.
The new realities, such as increased regulatory requirements, introduction of new gene and cellular therapies, and expectations of such therapies to be more affordable in healthcare facilities, require building a cold chain, which is very flexible and more reliable. Finding the most suitable provider of logistics services is an important part of building a cold chain for the pharmaceutical products supply. Selecting a logistics service provider is a decision-making process based on a few criteria and associated with the optimization of conflicting goals, such as quality, cost, and delivery time. A system to support decision on selecting a logistics service provider is suggested in this article, based on the method of analytical hierarchy process (AHP), which is widely used to solve multicriteria tasks. A case study is conducted by the example of a pharmaceutical industry manufacturer in order to validate the choice of the AHP model and to justify the conceptual design of the system to support decision on selecting a logistics service provider.
Logistics service provider, Fuzzy AHP, Logistics provider, Cold supply chain, 3PL selection criteria, Logistics outsourcing
