Multi criteria making methods approach to seat model selection in design of new bus

Road transportation which carries people from a place to another place in the World, is an important research subject that should be emphasized in terms of the development of the economy of countries. Under the current global conditions, competition shows its importance in the transportation industry as in every industry. Because of these competition conditions, bus manufacturers have to consider about many criteria in their design and facelift projects. In order to solve the problems which there are multi-criteria, Multi Criteria Making Methods Approach, as in this study, are using. In this study, seat model selection was provided by using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS), considering all criteria in a new bus design project which have been worked from a bus manufacturer which is working in domestic automotive industry in Turkey.