AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR ENHANCING READY MIXED CONCRETE UTILITY USING ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP)

This research work has been aimed to rank the Ready Mixed Concrete on the basis of selected multiple criterions. The need of this Research work based upon various utility measures like quality control, cost, delivery, quantity at which Owners or Ready Mixed Concrete (RMC) Plant Managers have to concentrate for enhancing profit as well as maintaining standard by Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Technique which will help the decision maker to understand the problem systematically. This research activity was entirely assessed through questionnaire survey. Various literatures have been reviewed for assessment and evaluation of Criterias that are related to Ready Mixed Concrete. The respondents were selected from various construction occupancy mainly Ready Mixed Concrete Plant Managers, Consultant and contractors. Total 100 Survey Questionnaires were distributed to Respondents in Anand, Nadiad, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, from which 60 Responses were collected as per sample size calculation,in that 21 were from Ready Mixed Concrete (RMC) Plant Managers, 26 were from consultants and 13 were from contractors. According to Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Technique first 10 crucial Criterias in descending order are Large Quantity, Quality of Material, Delivery Lead Time, Sales/Utilization Area, Manager, Location, Equipment Safety, Standard and Certification, Accidents.