Sample Models
Resource planning and management
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Model 11.1: ANP BOCR - Choose the best reward or recognition to raise employee within a company
This model applied the ANP to determine an appropriate allocation of resources for companies seeking to increase employee morale through the use non-financial means.
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Model 11.2: ANP BOCR - What should PPG do with its ERP system?
PPG Industries is a Fortune 200 company that manufactures coatings, specialty products and materials. PPG operates globally and is separated into 12 business units that focus on different markets. With the complexity of running many businesses under one umbrella, the systems footprint is also large and fragmented.
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Model 11.3: ANP BOCR - Green Supply Chain Design
The aim of this work is to propose a systematic approach a firm may use to evaluate its own supply chain environmental performances. The approach integrates index methods for Environmental Performance Evaluation (EPE) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) with a multi-criteria model based on the Analytic Network Process (ANP) and BOCR Analysis (Benefits, Opportunities, Costs and Risks).
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Model 11.4: ANP BOCR - Hiring for the American workforce
Many people from other countries come to America in search of a better life and better opportunities. There are unique educational and work endeavors that are not available in all parts of the world.
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Model 11.5: ANP BOCR - Evaluating regionalization alternatives for stormwater and sewer systems in Allegheny County
In this model – using an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP: Saaty 1988) and Analytic Network Process (ANP: Saaty 2001) model implemented in SuperDecisions software, version 2.2.3 – we evaluate the benefits,...
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Model 11.6: AHP Ratings - Fishery Resource Allocation
This is an AHP model that was used to optimize the fishery resource allocation. It is a SuperDecisions software sample model.
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Model 11.7: AHP Ratings - City of Pittsburgh Public Works Department (2021)
For this project, I decided to utilize the City of Pittsburgh Public Works department. I gave the city a budget of $75 million, and the department has the staffing to manage no more than 8 projects.
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Model 11.8: AHP Ratings - Wine and spirits distributor - New market (2021)
The topic is about a wine and spirits distributor that is assessing entry into the market of four Red Belt States: Michigan, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. For clarity, a distributor is different than a supplier. A supplier is the company that owns the brand and is responsible for creating the product. For instance, Svedka Vodka is owned by Constellation Brands, the former being the brand and the latter being the supplier. The distributor is the entity that represents and sells the product in the respective market.