Analysis of Determining Priority Stockpile Locations in Air Import Freight Forwarding Activities with The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Method (Case Study: Logistic Provider in Indonesia)

Abstract

The multinational companies engaged in logistics and one of its fields is export and import shipping activities. Determination of priority stockpile locations in air import activities has a role in efforts to improve the quality of facilities to minimize the cost, distance, and time of company activities. This research is expected to help provide information about the right location to be chosen by the company by considering factors and criteria that affect the company's shipping activities, the criteria used are Time, Quality, Location, Service. The method used is the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method using a quantitative approach with data collection techniques based on observations, interviews, and questionnaires. The results of the study based on the level of importance of the most dominant criteria in determining the location of priority stockpiling is the Time criterion, and then the second priority is service, then in the third priority is quality, finally in the fourth priority there is Location. From these results show that the Time criterion is very dominant in determining the location of priority stockpiling.