Corn is the core competence of the district of Majalengka, West Java. However, the use of corn in this area are still limited on corn seed processing into processed food ingredients. The waste that consist of husks, cobs, leaves and stems has not been optimally harnessed, since they only processed as food for livestock, organic fertilizer, or even thrown out. Since higher corn yields per acre will result in larger amounts of the waste, it is needed to do research to determine either the husks, the cobs, the leaves or the stems, that if it is harnessed, will provide the best value added, to increase the citizen welfare. In this study, the performance of four alternative corn waste are examined and compared using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method. This method was chosen to use as tools to facilitate the decision making task.

Keywords

Core competence, Majalengka, Corn waste, AHP

Biographies

Tjutju Tarliah is currently a fulltime senior lecturer in Departement of Industrial Engineering at Universitas Pasundan, Bandung, Indonesia. She earned Industrial Engineering from Institut Teknologi Bandung, Master in Industrial Enginnering from University of Iowa, USA and PhD in Industrial Engineering from Institut Teknologi Bandung. She has published journal and conference papers. Her research interests include manufacturing, optimization,  scheduling.

Dedeh Kurniasih is currently a fulltime  lecturer in Departement of Industrial Engineering at Universitas Pasundan, Bandung, Indonesia. She earned Industrial Engineering from Universitas Pasundan, Master in Industrial Enginnering from Institut Teknologi Bandung. She has published journal and conference papers. Her research interests include manufacturing, product design,  scheduling.