Pub Date : 2023-12-31DOI: 10.13033/ijahp.v15i3.1059
Tutku Tuncalı Yaman, Serdar Yaylalı
The post-Covid era has witnessed the adoption of various new habits in our daily lives, particularly in relation to the ubiquitous e-commerce platforms that have become essential for urban populations. The surge in e-commerce activities and the intensified volume in delivery of packages during the pandemic sparked innovative ideas. This study explores one such creative concept: parcel pick-up points. We conducted a pioneering research endeavor to determine the optimal locations for these pick-up points in Istanbul, Turkey. Our methodology employed a novel hybrid approach, combining the Spherical Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS). The evaluation of criteria importance was facilitated by a literature review and experienced high-level managers in the cargo industry, who determined the criteria weights using the Spherical Fuzzy AHP method. Subsequently, the TOPSIS method was employed to identify the most ideal locations, leading to the selection of Kadikoy, Umraniye, and Atasehir. This study provides valuable insights into the selection of the optimal locations for parcel pick-up points in Istanbul, Turkey, which can inform policymakers, e-commerce companies, and logistics stakeholders. The proposed hybrid approach demonstrates the integration of modern smart technologies with fuzzy decision-making techniques, offering a robust framework for decision support in the field of e-commerce logistics. Future research can further explore the implementation and effectiveness of these pick-up points to enhance the efficiency and convenience of last-mile deliveries in urban areas.
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Pub Date : 2023-11-09DOI: 10.13033/ijahp.v15i2.1163
Enrique Mu
For years our community has relied on Super Decisions software for the AHP/ANP calculations...
多年来，我们的社区一直依靠Super Decisions软件进行AHP/ANP计算……
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Pub Date : 2023-11-09DOI: 10.13033/ijahp.v15i2.1018
Septin Puji Astuti, Brillian Aziz Setiawan
Ridesharing has attracted worldwide attention due to its contribution to the environment, notably in reducing the number of privately owned vehicles, alleviating traffic congestion, and mitigating air pollution arising from private transportation. Currently, Indonesia’s ridesharing platform is a prominent player within the realm of popular e-commerce businesses. The use of technology has increased public interest in adopting ridesharing services. The goal of this study is to assess the competitive landscape among ridesharing companies operating in Surakarta, Indonesia. The participants are customers with experience with three ridesharing platforms: Grab, Go-Jek, and Maxim. This study implemented the Analytic Hierarchy Process to evaluate the competitiveness of ridesharing platforms. The benchmarks for platform selection include service quality, price, and promotional activities. Within the service quality domain, Parasuraman proposed five dimensions to serve as sub-criteria. The price criteria include three sub-criteria: low price, discounts, and affordability. Meanwhile, the promotional criteria encompass advertisement, vouchers, and digital influence as the sub-criteria. This study’s findings reveal a preference hierarchy among ridesharing alternatives from the customer’s perspective as follows: Grab (0.402), Go-Jek (0.365), and Maxim (0.226). Grab ranks highest in eight sub-criteria, whereas Go-Jek ranks highest in three sub-criteria. Conversely, Maxim consistently occupies the lowest rank. Notably, service quality emerges as the foremost priority, closely followed by price and promotion. Within the service quality criteria, assurance takes precedence, affordability leads the price criteria, and vouchers have the highest priority among promotional criteria.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-24DOI: 10.13033/ijahp.v15i1.1156
Marcel Minutolo
It is my pleasure to be guest editor for the special topics section of the International Symposium of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (ISAHP2022). Peer-reviewed papers from this symposium will be published in IJAHP in the special topics section of this issue and following issues as they become accepted for publication. In listening to the speakers at the 2022 International Symposium of the Analytic Hierarchy Process, it became clear how many of society’s problems are “wicked” and in need of a rigorous process whereby they can be disaggregated and discussed without involving stakeholders’ emotions. Many of the social challenges that the world faces today are “wicked problems” as defined by Camillus (2016). The term "wicked problem" was coined by Rittel and Webber (1973). It refers to complex and ill-structured problems that are difficult to define, have multiple interrelated causes and effects, and often lack a clear solution. Understanding wicked problems is crucial, as they often involve issues related to sustainability, environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns, and conflict resolution. Wicked problems are characterized by several key attributes that make them particularly challenging to solve.
我很荣幸能够成为层次分析法国际研讨会(ISAHP2022)专题部分的客座编辑。本次研讨会的同行评议论文将在本期IJAHP的专题部分发表，并在后续的问题中发表。在听取了2022年层次分析法国际研讨会(International Symposium of the Analytic Hierarchy Process)上的演讲者的演讲后，我清楚地认识到，有多少社会问题是“邪恶的”，需要一个严格的过程，以便在不涉及利益相关者情绪的情况下对它们进行分解和讨论。Camillus(2016)将当今世界面临的许多社会挑战定义为“邪恶问题”。“邪恶问题”一词是由里特尔和韦伯(1973)提出的。它指的是复杂和结构不良的问题，难以定义，有多个相互关联的原因和影响，往往缺乏明确的解决方案。理解邪恶的问题是至关重要的，因为它们通常涉及与可持续性、环境、社会和治理(ESG)问题以及冲突解决有关的问题。棘手的问题具有几个关键属性，这使得它们特别具有挑战性。
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Pub Date : 2023-10-14DOI: 10.13033/ijahp.v15i2.1096
Hüseyin Selçuk Kılıç, Zeynep Tuğçe Kalender, Can Korkmaz, Betül Kaya
The ability to adapt to changes in information and communication technologies is essential for all organizations. Companies that fail to correctly perceive the need for these changes and delay their implementation are doomed to disappear. In this context, the term Industry 4.0 is used to refer to digital improvement studies. It aims to increase profitability by reducing production costs without increasing the focus areas of companies. Determining the level of digitalization is as important as completing the digitalization infrastructure to bring Industry 4.0 to life. In this way, companies can determine their current digitalization status and maintain their competitiveness. They can also decide the steps needed to implement Industry 4.0. Currently, there are many methods and models used to determine the level of digitalization. However, this study takes a distinctive approach by aiming to develop an integrated methodology tailored for quantifying Industry 4.0 maturity in companies. To begin, the dimensions used within the Industry 4.0 maturity assessment were extracted from the literature. Then, a focus group approach was utilized by experts to eliminate the unimportant dimensions. Next, Interval-Valued Spherical Fuzzy AHP (IVSF-AHP) was used to determine the importance weights of the determined dimensions. Finally, the Industry 4.0 maturity level of an aviation/defense company was calculated by applying the proposed methodology based on the data collected via the questionnaire. Therefore, this proposed methodology provides a potent instrument for accurately appraising progress in digital transformation, refining strategies, and securing success in an evolving technology-driven environment.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-04DOI: 10.13033/ijahp.v15i2.1048
Fatma Yasli, Sema Ekincek
Preparation of food is one of the basic activities that people perform throughout their lives for pleasure as well as survival. Food can be considered within the framework of gastronomy, which is defined as "the art of quality eating and drinking". There is fierce competition in the food and beverage sector for the privilege of being preferred by customers for products offered. It is vital for restaurants to have menus that are unique and consist of innovative recipes. Creative chefs are at the forefront of creating and presenting these menus. However, scoring and evaluating chefs’ products is a cognitive, multi-perspective, and complicated process. In this study, for the first time in the literature, a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach was used to evaluate gastronomy products. Five food presentations that received full points in the final exam of the Korean Cuisine Practical Course at a gastronomy education institution were evaluated. The evaluation criteria for the students’ food presentations were presentation, creativity of the name, taste, and fusion balance of the product (the combination of different cultures in the product). The Picture Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method was used, and the performance ranking of the food presentations, which the judges could not determine by their direct evaluation, was revealed. The study provides an easy-to-implement and fair assessment methodology for both scoring of food presentations in educational institutions and for highly competitive cooking competitions. The developed methodology can be applied to many different evaluations of culinary products.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-04DOI: 10.13033/ijahp.v15i2.1100
Tatiana Merino-Benítez, Victor Hernández, Luis Antonio Bojórquez-Tapia
This article presents an approach to land suitability assessment (LSA) that accounts for the opposing interests and viewpoints of multiple stakeholders. LSA is a widely used geospatial technique for locating optimal sites for infrastructure investment. The approach described in this paper uses the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to elicit relative importance weights of a set of geographical attributes, the evaluation of the state of each attribute in spatial units using value functions on a geographic information system (GIS), and the implementation of the Ordered Weighted Average (OWA) as an aggregation operator. The approach is illustrated through the location of potential sites for swine plant investments, taking into consideration environmental conflicts in Yucatán, Mexico. This approach provides a systematic and transparent procedure for analyzing infrastructure projects’ land suitability and developing investment recommendations that promote sustainable development.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-04DOI: 10.13033/ijahp.v15i2.1052
Vinod Nair, Usha Nair
In electricity distribution networks, tariff designs set the interface between the users and network operators or service providers. Tariff designs provide the reference base for tariff schedules covering multiple categories of network users. It is widely accepted that electric utility rate designs have subjective and objective multi-criteria dependencies. Based on utility rate making literature, subcriteria for selection of tariff designs can be listed under the economic, technological, and social criteria. In this study, two widely used electricity tariff designs, volumetric or energy charges and capacity or demand charges are considered. In addition, real-time pricing and a hybrid tariff design that combines energy and capacity charges with critical peak pricing are also included in the comparison. Performance evaluation of these tariff designs on quantifiable parameters relating to economic aspects is carried out using the Tariff Design and Analysis Tool. Literature on electricity tariff designs and pricing provides the metadata on performance relating to qualitative criteria covering mainly the technological and social aspects. A synthesis of the quantitative and qualitative criteria evaluations was done by developing a Benefits-Opportunities-Costs-Risks (BOCR) model in the Analytic Network Process (ANP), a Multi-Criteria Decision Making methodology. A quantitative assessment of inconsistencies in evaluation and synthesis of the model using a consistency index shows that the developed ANP framework for tariff design selection is a valid approach. The developed BOCR model in ANP shows that the hybrid tariff design of Energy and Capacity charges with Coincident Peak Pricing is the best alternative. A sensitivity analysis shows that the ranking is variable when the BOCR priorities change.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-04DOI: 10.13033/ijahp.v15i2.1091
Natanaree Sooksaksun, Sunarin Chanta
Bananas are one of the most produced and consumed fruit crops in the world. However, producers, especially farmers and small businesses, are currently facing many challenges in the market, particularly competitiveness. This article aims to analyze factors that influence the decision-making process of processing banana products for community enterprises. The selection of the best-processed banana products according to the different criteria uses the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) as a multi-criteria decision-making support tool. A case study of community enterprises that process banana products in Prachinburi Province, Thailand is presented. The criteria and priorities are considered based on the opinions of the community enterprises. There are five main factors: main raw materials, readiness for production, profitability and marketing channels, storage conditions, and environmental and societal impacts. The alternatives were divided into two cases: unripe and ripe bananas. The results show that the main factor with the highest priority in processing banana products is the readiness for production. For overall results, the banana chip is the best choice to produce if the supply is unripe bananas. If the supply is ripe bananas, the dried banana is the best choice to produce. These results provide a guideline for decision-making in banana product processing, which helps determine the best option for complex problems.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-04DOI: 10.13033/ijahp.v15i2.1000
Khaled M. S. Gad El Mola
Managing supplementary parts for plants and machines plays a major role in accomplishing the needed system availability in a cost-effective manner. Today’s industrial demands require mature technology that is strong in terms of capital and bulk-production oriented. However, the idleness of these machines and equipment due to unavailability of spare parts is a major problem and barrier to effective systems availability. This study aims to develop an effective manufacturing strategy for spare parts. A case study was conducted at a General Water Desalination Establishment in Saudi Arabia to select the right strategy to reduce the total downtime and total maintenance costs of equipment. The results showed the importance of creating a production plan that suits an organization’s ability to manage the supply chain for customers and ensure the company remains competitive within its market. Identification of critical spare parts of equipment for maintenance operations is one of the key decision-making activities to obtain lower downtime for equipment and inventory costs. Therefore, decision-makers should apply the best method and use accurate criteria to analyze and rank the spare parts based on criticality. The strategies proposed in the present study assure that these important parts are available for maintenance and repair of the plant and machinery when required at an optimum cost.
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