Identifying the strategies of role transformation for location developing global logistics hub in Asia Pacific region. (11th June 2009)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lee, Kuo-Liang; Lin, Shu-Chenc; Huang, Wen-Chih
• Is Part Of: International journal of logistics, economics and globalisation. Volume 2:Number 1(2009)
• Page Start: 51
• Page End: 66
• Publication Date: 2009-06-11
• Subjects: global logistics hubs -- GLH -- strategy -- fuzzy MCDM -- multi-criteria decision making -- Asia Pacific -- multinational corporations -- MNCs -- fuzzy logic -- transhipment -- deep re-exporting -- Taiwan; Logistics -- Periodicals; Logistics -- Economic aspects -- Periodicals; Globalization -- Periodicals; 658.505
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1741-5373

Abstract

This paper has three main objectives: a) to identify the criteria that multinational corporations (MNCs) consider important when they assess the locations for transhipment and deep re-export global logistics hubs (GLHs); b) to decide the ranking order of the two types of GLH in Pacific-Asian cities (Busan, Shanghai, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Singapore); c) to provide strategic suggestion of location developing GLH from transhipment to deep re-export. These objectives have been accomplished in this paper by employing two complementary methods: MNCs in Taiwan's logistics arena were surveyed to decide the criteria and estimate the weight of each criteria using the fuzzy SAW and a fuzzy multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) procedure was then used to select the rank orders of different types of GLH in Pacific-Asian cities.