Evaluation of Transportation Alternatives for Automotive Products

Abstract

This research aims to study the factors that affect the decision of choosing mode of transportation road, rail and water, and to evaluate alternative ways of transportation that can meet their needs best. The study from a group of companies involving in automotive spare parts distribution found that frequency, equipment, transit time, cost, coordination, safety, flexibility and achievement are 8 important factors to consider alternative ways of transport consisting of road transport, rail transport and water transport. After analyzing data on the factors and alternatives, the study found under the analytic hierarchy process, the priority of factor is as follows safety, achievement, flexibility, cost, equipment, transit time, frequency and coordination and for alternatives road transport scored highest priority followed by a rail transport and water transport respectively. Afterward, have considered that the rank of the 4 priority factors which include security, achievement, flexibility and price, the road transport has a rating of the importance lower than other transport patterns which is rail and water in the price, safety and capacity factors. Thus, the improvement factor inferior, as mentioned, will help meet the transportation needs better in the future.