Decision Support System for Determining Factory Location with TOPSIS Method
Ahmad Arif Nurrahman, Ajrina Febri Suahati, Otong Rukmana

Universitas Islam Bandung

Abstract

In choosing or determining the location to build a new factory, several considerations both strategic and technical are required. A company must ensure the right and relevant factors are considered during the decision-making process or choosing a new location. The right location will affect the success of a business. Therefore, the process of selecting a new location for a factory must receive serious attention from the policy holders in the company. More and more new factories will support industrial development or sustainable industrialization, in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 9. Which seeks to build resilient infrastructure, encourage sustainable industrialization, and encourage innovation. To determine decisions on multi-criteria or complex criteria, it can be assisted by the Decision Support System (DSS) method. This research will use one of the SPK models, namely Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS). Then a website-based system will be created and a prototype will be produced. The system trial stage involves practitioners or policy holders who have the authority to make decisions for determining factory locations. This research is expected to provide benefits in producing a model of criteria in selecting factory locations, both small, medium and large scale factories. The resulting system is not only a theory but in the form of an application that can be accessed by relevant stakeholders, especially from industry practitioners and related government parties.

Keywords: decision support system- TOPSIS- factory location

Topic: Industry Engineering