Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) method to determine the superior commodity of Tasikmalaya city

What is it about?

Superior Commodity is the strength of a particular region for their economic development. Using SAW for determining the superior commodity is highly recomended

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Why is it important?

Despite the significant role of determining superior commodity in the regional economic development, studies addressing this issue in the handicraft products remain scarcely conducted. This study aimed to investigate the superior products of handicraft commodities, including the creative industry of Tasikmalaya city, where the marketers go to foreign countr ies and develop the tourism industry in the Tasikmalaya city. This study used the Simple Additive Weighting(SAW) method to determine the superior commodity in Tasikmalaya city. The researcher had calculated three components to determine the superior commodity. They were capital investment values, production values, and employees. The result of this study revealed that embroidery was a superior commodity in Tasikmalaya city. The data show that embroidery consistently grows every year, with 0.4 capital investment values (K1) 0.3 production values (K2) and 0.3 employess (K3), which means that embroidery has experienced a very good increase compared to other commodities. Based on the results of data processing and analysis that had been done with the Decision Support System with the SAW method, conclusions colud be drawn Embroidery commodity was a superior product from Tasikmalaya which was in demand by buyers with a V value of 0.4 for Capital Investment Value,0.3 for Production Value and Employees. All these findings confirm that the application of SAW method was meaningful to determine the superior commodity

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