THE SELECTION OF THE LOGISTICS CENTER LOCATION USING AHP METHOD eljko Stevi, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Traffic Engineering Doboj Slavko Vekovi, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Transport and Traffic EngineeringMa!ko Vailjevi, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Traffic Engineering Doboj Go!a" Te#i, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical SciencesTheaimofthispaperisselectionofthemostacceptable location !ogisticscentersarea"eyelementoftheentirelogistics net#or"$%&isespeciallysuitableforcomple'decisions#hich involvethecomparisonofdecisionelements#hichare difficult to (uantify$%& isusede'tensivelyfordecisionma"ingintheareasof management,allocation and distributionINTRODUCTIONDevelopmentofanet#or"oflogisticscentersatnational andinternationallevelisaprere(uisiteforoptimi)ationof transportandlogisticschainsTheidealsolution#ouldbe the formation of the net#or" Thechoiceofthelogisticscenterlocationisbasedonan integrateddecisions#hichinvolvesgeneralstepsaslisted belo#* the initial step forms a schedules collection and acceptable spatial alternatives step + defines a set of criteria for decision ma"ing, step , identifies the initial #eight of the relevant criteria,THE PRO$LEM POSTULATE AND THE METHODOLOG%step - uses the $%& as one of the techni(ues for multiple criteria decision ma"ing ./0D/1, step 2 establishes a ran"ing list of alternatives The final step selects the most suitable alternativeTHE PRO$LEM POSTULATE AND THE METHODOLOG%0omparison of alternatives in relation to the criteria on the basis of Saaty3s scale 4eightcriteria*w+56+7+8#,562,+8w-56,,98 w2566768 w:566:68 w;56626 THE SELECTION OF THE LOGISTICS CENTER LOCATIONHierarchical postulate of AHP method for given location problema++5+