Identification and ranking of heavy transport agility criteria of a military-police organization by the best-worst method

One of the principles and teachings4 of any military-police organization is agility. For their agility, these organizations need an agile logistics and, accordingly, an agile transportation. Therefore, the aim of the current research is to identify and rank the agility criteria of heavy transportation of a military-police organization.

The current research method is of a hybrid type and based on a questionnaire tool. The statistical population of the research includes senior managers of logistics and experts of transportation and movement in the studied military-police organization. In this research, first with library studies, primary criteria and sub-criteria in heavy transport agility of a military-police organization were extracted and research questionnaires were compiled. Then these questionnaires were distributed among research experts. To determine the validity of the research, Lausche's coefficient was used and to check its reliability, Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used. To determine the weight of these criteria and sub-criteria, the best-worst method5 was used, which is a relatively new approach in factor weighting and pairwise comparisons.

In order to fulfill the purpose of the research, 23 sub-criteria were identified in the form of three main criteria including "flexibility and resilience, ability to use facilities and safety and high supply power". With the first questionnaire, the validity and reliability of research criteria and sub-criteria were proven and the best and worst criteria and sub-criteria were calculated. In addition, with the second questionnaire, the weight of these criteria and sub-criteria was determined by the best-worst method.

The main criterion of "flexibility and resilience" has the greatest effect on the agility of heavy transport of the studied military-police organization. Other main criteria, i.e. "facility utilization power" and "safety and high supply capacity" are in the next priorities, respectively.