CHOOSING CONCRETE PRODUCTION FACILITY LOCATION USING AHP AND TOPSIS METHODOLOGIES

In construction industry, the used concrete is one of the most important factors. The quality of the concrete depends on the location of concrete production facility. Deciding on the wrong facility location causes big economic and prestige loss both for customers and producers. Although selecting the best production facility is very important, most firms use traditional methods to select the production facility. In this paper, we used multi criteria decision making techniques to determine the best location for a concrete facility. There are two alternative locations. We used Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and TOPSIS methodologies to select the best location. Firstly, we determined main and sub-criteria. Then we applied the decision making techniques on our problem. Finally we compared two techniques and decided on the best location