Decision Support System in the Selection of Used Motorcycles with the Multi Attribute Utility Theory (MAUT) Method

Abstract

Transportation is a tool that is useful for moving goods or people in a certain quantity, to a certain place, within a certain period of time. The need for means of transportation has now become a primary need. Compared to public transportation, some people prefer to use private vehicles, especially motorbikes. Besides being an agile and practical means of transportation when used to get through traffic jams both in the city and outside the city, motorcycle fuel consumption is lower when compared to four-wheeled vehicles. As the times progress, more and more motorbike choices are offered by motor manufacturers. With the many latest motorbike outputs coupled with the increasingly intensive advertising of new motorbikes, some consumers are interested and encouraged to exchange (sell) their motorbikes and replace them with the latest motorbikes, so this creates used motorbikes that are still fit for use to be re-traded to consumers. other. Rifdah Motor Khatib is a company engaged in the sale of used motorbikes. The problem experienced by Rifdah Motor Khatib is the difficulty in processing used motorbike sales transactions because the recording process still uses the manual method , namely recording directly in the ledger and in the form of notes on the purchase of used motorbikes. The process takes a long time to record sales of used motorcycles. To overcome this problem, a decision support system was designed using the Multi Attribute Utility Theory (MAUT) method. From the results of the study it was found that the system can assist the company in making decisions on the selection of the best used motorbikes that are effective and efficient