Transport Route Selection for Transporting Products to China with TOPSIS-ROC Technique

Abstract

The objective of this research was to select appropriate route for transporting frozen fruits from Bangkok, Thailand to Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province, China. TOPSIS-ROC technique was applied to select appropriate route. The Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) with Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method, which all criteria were cost, time, 3 risk groups, number of lights, traffic density, number of truck stops, number of public and private hospitals and the number of police stations were weighted importance by the Rank Order Centroid (ROC) method. In this research, the TOPSIS-ROC technique was used to demonstrate road mode transporting route. Considered routes were established with an in-depth interview by entrepreneurs and related government agencies. According to the interview 4 routes: R3A (via Chiang Khong Customs, Chiang Rai), R3B (via Mae Sai Customs, Chiang Rai), R9 (via Mukdahan Customs, Mukdahan) and R12 (via Nakhon Phanom Customs, Nakhon Phanom) were taken into consideration. The result showed that the most suitable route was R3A route followed by R3B route, and the lowest rating routes were R9 and R12 respectively