Selection of Manufacturing Process for Automotive Bumper Fascia Using Analytical Hierarchy Process
This paper presents a way of determining the most appropriate process for automotive bumper fascia using analytical hierarchy process (AHP) at the early stage of the product development process. AHP is a method that assists decision makers to determine the right decision by considering various f...
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| Language: | en |
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Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
2012
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/8828/1/selection_of_manufacturing_process_for_automotive_bumper_fascia_using_AHP.pdf http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/8828/ |
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| Summary: | This paper presents a way of determining the most
appropriate process for automotive bumper fascia using
analytical hierarchy process (AHP) at the early stage of the
product development process. AHP is a method that assists
decision makers to determine the right decision by considering various factors influencing the selection process. There are 5 types of processes under consideration are injection moulding (IM), vacuum thermoforming, reaction injection moulding (RIM), compression moulding (CM), and blow moulding (BM). The analysis ranks the 5 types of processes for suitability of use in manufacturing automotive bumper fascia based on 6 main selection factors and 12 sub-factors. Determining the right manufacturing process was performed based on the AHP concept through the 9 steps. The results indicated that the vacuum forming was the most appropriate manufacturing process because it has the highest value (23.99%) among the other manufacturing processes. This result is also supported by MindDecider software where the vacuum forming was selected as a first choice. |
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