Nienaber, MillarUniversity of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering2012-01-312012-01-312011-10http://hdl.handle.net/2263/17988Thesis (B Eng. (Industrial and Systems Engineering))--University of Pretoria, 2011.A trade-off study was conducted to make the best decision regarding the make-or-buy of the sandblasting and spray painting of parts, using the AHP, a cost analysis and risk analysis. A consistency study was performed. A painting Quality Control Plan (QCP) was developed.63 pagesPDFenCopyright: University of PretoriaMini-dissertations (Industrial and Systems Engineering)Trade-off studyAnalytic hierarchy processQuality assuranceDecision analysisMaturity modelCost analysisText