Keywords
TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT
TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION
SELECTION OF ALTERNATIVES
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Abstract
IN THIS ARTICLE APPEARS A CASE OF STUDY IN THE EVALUATION AND JUSTIFICATION OF AN INDUSTRIAL ROBOT, WHERE THE TECHNIQUE DENOMINATED TOPSIS IS APPLIED (TECHNIQUE FOR ORDER PREFERENCE BY SIMILARITY TO THE IDEAL SOLUTION), WHICH INTEGRATE QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ATTRIBUTES. THE ANALYZED QUALITATIVE ATTRIBUTES WERE COST, LOAD CAPACITY AND SPEED; THE QUALITATIVE ATTRIBUTES WERE THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICE, FACILITY FOR PROGRAMMING AND INTEGRATION CAPACITY. IN THIS STUDY, A DECISION GROUP INTEGRATED BY DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY THAT ACQUIRED THE ROBOT, AID TO DETERMINED THE NECESSITIES THAT WERE HAD AND SETTLED DOWN THE ATTRIBUTES OF EVALUATION FOR THE ALTERNATIVES. IN TOPSIS, THE ALTERNATIVES REPRESENT VECTORS IN A EUCLIDIAN SPACE, CHOOSING ONE THAT HAS THE SMALLER EUCLIDIAN DISTANCE TO AN IDEAL ALTERNATIVE AND THE GREATER EUCLIDIAN DISTANCE TO AN ANTI-IDEAL ALTERNATIVE. THE REPORTED CASE WAS CARRIED OUT IN AN AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY LOCATED IN SANTIAGO DE QUERÉTARO, QUERÉTARO, MEXICO IN APRIL 2005 AND THE TECHNIQUE AND FOLLOWED METHODOLOGY ARE DESCRIBED LIKE EFFICIENT BY THE DECISION GROUP THAT USED THEM.© 2018, Facultad de Contaduría y Administración, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. All rights reserved. Publication of the article implies full assignment of property rights (copyright) in Journal of Contaduría y Administración. The publication mreserves the right to total or partial reproduction of the work in other print, electronic or any other alternative means, but always recognizing its responsibility.
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