Abstract:

Forklift vehicles are used for lifting, lowering, loading, and transporting loads. Aimed of this study is the selection of a forklift vehicle with a combination of multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods. It was used six criteria, 13 alternatives, and the MEREC method. This study also presents a double normalization (DNMEREC) to contribute to a more convenient, and stable ranking of alternatives. 21 different methods were used to evaluate the alternatives: ARAS, CODAS, COPRAS, CoCoSo, ELECTRE, MABAC, EDAS, VIKOR, TOPSIS, SAW, WASPAS, PROMETHEE, MOORA, MOOSRA, MAIRCA, OCRA, PIV, GRA, ROV, MARCOS, PSI. The different methods rankings are integrated using the Borda, and Copeland methods.