The AHP is a four$-$step process:

$1.$ Construct a hierarchy of criteria and sub criteria.

$2.$ Allocate weights to criteria.

$3.$ Assign numerical values to evaluation dimensions.

$4.$ Determine scores by summing the products of numeric evaluations and weights.

EXERCISE $-$ ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS

You have been presented with $4$ projects to increase profit in $100$ fast food restaurants. Please use the AHP process to choose the best option:

Projects:

$1.$ Adapt self$-$served cashiers.

$2.$ Develop an online sales department

$3.$ Increase size of kitchen in all restaurants $4.$ Hire $50\%$ more associates

Criterion

$|$ A $|$ B $|$ C $|$ D $|$ E $|$

Project $|50\%|20\%|10\%|10\%|10\%|100\%$

$1|10|4|4|4|2|$

$2|1|5|7|10|0|$

$3|2|6|6|6|3|$

$4|3|2|2|2|4|$

Project $|$ A $|$ B $|$ C $|$ D $|$ E $|$ Total

$1|5|0\mathrm{.}8|0\mathrm{.}4|0\mathrm{.}4|0\mathrm{.}2|6$

$2|0\mathrm{.}5|1|0\mathrm{.}7|1|0|1\mathrm{.}5$

$3|1|1\mathrm{.}2|0\mathrm{.}6|0\mathrm{.}6|0\mathrm{.}3|2\mathrm{.}5$

$4|1\mathrm{.}5|0\mathrm{.}4|0\mathrm{.}2|0\mathrm{.}2|0\mathrm{.}4|2\mathrm{.}3$

Answer following

A Score Expensive low price

$1$to$10110$

B

C

D

E

Price: ranking from $1$ to $10$ where $1$ is very expensive and $10$ is not expensive

Time: ranking from $1$ to $10$ where $10$ is too much time and $1$ is less time

Resources: ranking from $1$ to $10$ where $10$ is a lot of resources and $1$ is very few resources