Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Method for Choosing The Best Secondhand Injection Machine for PT PLA

Abstract

PT Parama Lentum Artindo or goes by the brand “Artiplast” is a humble startup in the plastic injection business. In the second year of its journey, Artiplast needed to buy a secondhand machine with 300 tons capacity to fulfill the demand from customers. After reviewing various secondhand injection machine options in the market available to date, the alternatives are narrowed down to three machine options, which are NISSEI FE360, POTENZA PT350, and CHENHSONG JM328. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method is used for choosing the best from the three alternatives. AHP is a multicriteria decision-making technique that can help in producing the best alternatives that comply with all criteria and are weighed based on each criteria's priority. The method will be implemented using Super Decisions. For this research, there are 4 criteria with 9 sub-criteria to be assessed. Based on the data processing, it is decided that POTENZA PT350 is the best option for Artiplast, with the highest weight value of 0.441, followed by NISSEI FE360 with 0.338, and lastly CHENHSONG JM328 with 0.221.