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Cross-border shipment route selection utilizinganalytic hierarchy process (AHP) method |
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| Creator | 1. Veeris Ammarapala 2. Thanwadee Chinda 3. Pimnapa Pongsayaporn 4. Wit Ratanachot 5. Koonnamas Punthutaecha 6. Koson Janmonta |
| Title | Cross-border shipment route selection utilizinganalytic hierarchy process (AHP) method |
| Publisher | Research and Development Office, Prince of Songkla University |
| Publication Year | 2561 |
| Journal Title | Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology |
| Journal Vol. | 40 |
| Journal No. | 1 |
| Page no. | 31 |
| Keyword | Becoming a member of ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), Thailand expects a growth of cross-border trade withneighboring countries, especially the agricultural products shipment. To facilitate this, a number of strategies are set, such as theutilization of single check point, the Asian Highway (AH) route development, and the truck lane initiation. However, majority ofagricultural products traded through the borders are transported using the rural roads, from growing area to the factory, beforecontinuing to the borders using different highways. It is, therefore, necessary for the Department of Rural Roads (DRR) to planfor rural road improvement to accommodate the growth of the cross-border trades in the near future. This research, thus, aims toselect potential rural roads to support cross-border shipment utilizing the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method. Seven keyfactors affecting rural roads selection, with references from transport and other related literatures, are extracted. They include:1)cross-border trade value, 2) distance from border to rural road, 3) agriculture and processed agriculture goods transported acrossthe border, 4) compatibility with national strategies, 5) area characteristics around the rural road, 6) truck volume, and 7) numberof rural roads in the radius of 50 kilometers from the border. Interviews are conducted with the experts based on seven keyfactors to collect data for the AHP analysis. The results identify the weight of each factor with an acceptable consistency ratio. Itshows that the cross-border trade value is the most important factor as it achieves the highest weight. The distance from border torural road and the compatibility with national strategies are also found crucial when making rural road selection decision. TheDepartment of Rural Roads could use the results to select suitable roads, and plan for road improvement to support the crossbordershipment when the AEC is fully implemented. |
| URL Website | http://rdo.psu.ac.th/sjstweb/index.php |
| ISSN | 0125-3395 |
| Abstract | analytic hierarchy process;cross-border shipment;cross-border trade;route selection;rural roads |
