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It is important for both sides that the medication is delivered from the ecsa warehouses to pharmacies in a timely, fast and reliable way. The aim of this study is to use the AHP and TOPSIS methods in the problem of choosing a suitable motor mail for an ecza warehouse operating in the pharmaceutical industry. The decision was made to the expert opinion responsible for the selection of the company’s staff. As a result of the literature scan and conversations with the company’s staff manager, five main criteria, “technical qualification”, “physical qualification”, “social qualification”, “professional qualification” and “personal characteristics” were determined and their subcriteria were defined. The AHP method determines the weight of the main and lower criteria. The motor courier candidates are classified separately using the AHP and TOPSIS methods. As a result of the analysis, the criteria for the selection of motor curry were found to be the criteria of "technical qualification" of the criteria, the criteria of "social qualification" of the criteria, and the "curry 3" was identified as a suitable candidate in the rankings made according to both methods.

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Timely, fast and reliable delivery of medicines from pharmaceutical warehouse to pharmacies is important for both parties. The aim of this study is to use AHP and TOPSIS methods to select the most suitable motorized courier for a pharmaceutical warehouse operating in the pharmaceutical sector. As a decision maker a specialist opinion was consulted who was responsible for the firm's personnel selection. Literature review and as a result of interviews conducted with the firm's personnel manager were defined five main criteria (technical competence, physical competence, social competence, professional competence and personal characteristics) and subcriteria. Weights of the main and subcriteria were determined using the AHP method. Motorized courier candidates were ranked separately using AHP and TOPSIS methods. Analysis results showed that the most and least important criteria for motorized courier selection were technical competence and social competence, respectively and “Courier 3” is the most suitable candidate according to both methods.