Affiliations:
Department of Industrial Engineering, National Defence University, Air Force Academy, Istanbul, Turkey
Correspondence:
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Corresponding author. Mehmet Yörükoğlu, National Defence University, Air Force Academy, Department of Industrial Engineering, Istanbul, 34149, Turkey. Tel.: +90 506 8638908; E-mail: [email protected].
Abstract: The Industrial Revolution, which started with steam machines, has evolved into intelligent systems in which objects speak to each other in the name of Industry 4.0. Smart containers (SC), which are the latest in this evolution of containers and one of the key elements of logistic in Supply Chain Management System (SCMS), stand out with their flexibility, traceability, and contribution to the optimization of the supply chain. In this paper the existing properties of the currently evolving smart containers are compiled and the users’ needs that will guide future designs are determined. In the application section, three different smart containers are evaluated according to seven different conflicting criteria in neutrosophic environment. By using neutrosophic TOPSIS method relative closeness coefficient of alternatives are calculated. Finally alternatives are ranked in descending order. The originality of the paper is that smart containers evaluation problem is handled by the neutrosophic MCDM method for the first time in the literature.
Keywords: Industry 4.0, smart container, multi criteria decision making, neutrosophic TOPSIS
