Obtaining Reliable Solutions through Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Architecture of Integrated Information Systems (ARIS) for a Renewable Energy Project

Abstract:

Much of the organization have focus they attention to business process management (BPM). The BPM practice is intense among practitioners and researchers and is still growing. The paper presents a decisional method, namely a selection process for choosing the best offer through the public acquisition procedure, which has been applied for a certain type of project. The research team decided based on current analysis of today existing technologies to use proper decisional methods so that can provide feasible solutions for a renewable energy project (REP). The method has been developed base on relevant literature and practical experience in renewable energy projects (RES). More specifically, the decisional model is based on the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the process that resulted from the decision was achieved through Architecture of Integrated Information Systems (ARIS). AHP highlighted the decision to choose the material for a RES piece and ARIS configured the process; of the public auction with the receipt of 3 offers that considered the delivery time an important criterion. ARIS program has indicated certain rules when creating the model, in order to ensure that the required items and information are reliable. The bids received corresponded with the cost estimate in the tender specification. Suppliers who have tendered the maintenance service at a lower price for a period of 2 years after the warranty period have been considered as the most viable option in choosing the offer. The ARIS process has managed to smooth the information flow to shorten technical intervention times for a RES project. The applicability of the proposed method is demonstrated by a case study that is also used to analyze and discuss it.