AHP as a strategic decision-making tool to justify machine tool selection


Yurdakul M.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY, cilt.146, sa.3, ss.365-376, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 146 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2004
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2003.11.026
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF MATERIALS PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.365-376
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: machine selection, strategic consideration, analytic network process, analytic hierarchy process, manufacturing strategy, machine characteristics, ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS, SUPPORT-SYSTEM, ALLOCATION, MODEL
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Machine tool selection has strategic implications that contribute to the manufacturing strategy of a manufacturing organization. In such a case, it is important to identify and model the links between machine tool alternatives and manufacturing strategy. This study presents such a strategic justification tool for machine tools. With the new strategic justification tool, the evaluation of investment in machine tools can model and quantify strategic considerations. AHP and ANP are applied in calculation of the contributions of machine tool alternatives to the manufacturing strategy of a manufacturing organization. Hierarchical decision structures are formed in the application of the AHP and ANP approaches. Ranking scores which are used to rank the alternatives are obtained as outcomes of the applications. Application of the ANP approach also enabled the incorporation of interdependencies among the components of decision structures. An illustrative example is provided. The company management found the application and results satisfactory and implementable in their machine tool selection decisions. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.