Selection and Evaluation of a Third-Party Logistics Service Provider in Sri Lanka – Methodological Review

Abstract

This research paper is focused on a Methodological Review of the “Selection and Evaluation of a Logistics Service Provider in Sri Lanka”. This research paper has conducted a systematic Review for the methodology of the papers selected the data bases which the study was conducted are Plymouth university e data base library and google scholar using the Boolean search terms. This research has considered the time period of 2012 – 2022 for the search criteria and the steps which are followed in the process are detailed in this research paper. According to the research there were 40 research papers selected for this study which was stored under Mendeley referencing method for the articles collection of this systematic review. During the search it was noticed that there were no previous methodological reviews were conducted only literature review was conducted. Articles were reviewed on the complete methodology assessment such as research design, sampling criteria and methods, methods of data collection and the collected data analysis method and this whole process how its validated and being reliable. It was noticed that the Mixed method is widely utilized in this methodological review, based on majority of case study research while using non probability sampling methods for the data collection and the analysis of data being purely based on the Multi Criteria Decision making approaches. This research has also given overview on the future methods.