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TABLE OF CONTENT
Abstrak i
Abstract ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgement iv
Table of Content v
List of Tables viii List of Figures
ix List of Abbreviations, Symbols and Nomenclature
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Project Background
1 1.2
Problem Statement 3
1.3 Objectives
4 1.4
Scope 4
CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 5
2.1 Application of AHP Method in Industry 5
2.2 Application of AHP Method for Supplier Evaluation and Selection in a Manufacturing Company
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Application of AHP Method in Engineering Application 10
2.4 Application of AHP Method in Health Service
12 2.5 Application of AHP Method in Education
13 2.6 Application of AHP Method in Increasing Productivity
15 2.7 Application of AHP Method in Selection Machine
15 2.8 Application of AHP Method in Agriculture
16 2.9 Application of AHP Method in Project Selection
17 2.10 Application of AHP Method for Selection of Software
18 2.11 Use of AHP Method in decision-making for Flexible
Manufacturing Systems 19
CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY 21
3.1 Introduction
21 3.2
Identification of the problems, objective and scope of the project 23
3.2.1 Flowchart in getting objectives 23
3.3 Literature Review
24 3.4
Data collection 25
3.5 Analysis of data using Minitab and Excel software
25 3.5.1 Minitab software
26 3.5.2 Excel software
26 3.6 Discussion, conclusion and recommendations
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CHAPTER 4: RESULT AND DISCUSSION 28
4.1 Observation of the questionnaire
28 4.1.1 Main criteria
30 4.2
Result from the survey 32
4.3 Analysis of data using software
37 4.4
Main criteria iteration 42
4.5 Sub-criteria iteration
45 4.5.1 Sub-criteria for time taken criteria
45 4.5.2 Sub-criteria for cost for process operation criteria
48 4.5.3 Sub-criteria for efficiency of productivity criteria
50 4.5.4 Sub-criteria for process layout criteria
53 4.6 Alternatives model for each main criteria and sub-criteria
54 4.7 The top ten alternatives chosen
59 4.8 The best alternatives with sub-criteria required
60 4.9 Suggestion of framework
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CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION 63
