Analytic hierarchy process as a decision-making tool for systematic layout planning, involving social responsibility criteria: a case study

Lucas Schmidt Goecks, Taciana Mareth, André Luis Korzenowski, Jorge André Ribas Moraes and Elpidio Oscar Benitez Nara

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2022, vol. 40, issue 1, 29-50

Abstract: Layout planning is a significant business problem for companies, it involves reducing inventories, lead time and space usage, making the plant adaptable to future changes, and providing a healthy, convenient, and secure environment for employees. In convergence with these goals, decision-making becomes a vital activity to reach a reasonable choice. In this way, this study aimed to analyse the contribution of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to systematic layout planning (SLP) as a method of layout planning for company managers, involving social responsibility criteria. Firstly, a technical study was performed presenting possibilities of layouts from the tools for SLP planning. Next, the best proposal was selected using the AHP. The results show that layouts 4 and 2 are the ones that best meet the needs of the company under analysis. Already, layouts 5 and 1, because they have a very long flow of materials, have shown inferior results.

Keywords: systematic layout planning; SLP; analytic hierarchy process; AHP; layout planning; social responsibility criteria. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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