Implementation of the Simple Additive Weighting Method in Determining Recipients of Subsidized Food Materials for Poor Families

−In accordance with the rules that have been set from the Village Office so that the community gets subsidized food, it must comply with the specified criteria. The Village Office will determine who is selected to receive subsidized food and distribute it to poor families. As a tool that can be used to determine someone who is eligible to receive subsidized food, a decision support system is needed. In the decision support system there are several methods, one of which can be used is the SAW (Simple Additive Weighting) method. In this research.


INTRODUCTION
The village office is a center for community services and activities in the village, both in the fields of government, empowerment, development, and coaching [1]. As an example of the service provided by the Village Office is the distribution of subsidized food items that will be received by the poor. In the distribution of subsidized food, data collection is carried out where there are several criteria needed so that the receipt of subsidized food can be carried out optimally.
Indicators in the selection of the poor who get subsidized food have several criteria. These include 1) people who have underprivileged cards, 2) insufficient income, 3) number of dependents, 4) housing, and so on. Until now, the distribution of subsidized feed ingredients provided by the village office has not been fully implemented properly because there are still poor people who have not received it. In order for the distribution of subsidized food to be more objective, of course it requires a tool, namely an information system that aims to process data so as to produce the required information, in the form of rankings for the community. This information system is known as a decision support system (DSS) [2].
Decision support system or often referred to as DSS is an information system that is often used to assist in making a decision. The DSS is usually used by an organization to make decisions about the problems at hand [2]- [5]. In DSS there are ranking methods to facilitate decision making, such as Weighted Product (WP), Simple Additive Weighting (SAW), TOPSIS, ELECTRE, and others [6], [7].
Currently, there are many studies that cover the distribution of subsidized food by implementing a decision support system. Among them are research conducted by R. Mahdalena Simanjorang in 2017 about "Decision Support System for Determining Recipients of Subsidized Food Materials for Poor Families Using the AHP Method at the Mangga Village Office", using this method is expected to help the Mangga Village Office to determine who gets subsidized food by ranking the largest alternative [2]. Masita Handayani in 2017 conducted a study entitled Decision Support System for Determining Raskin Acceptance Using the TOPSIS Method, that in determining Raskin recipients by taking the highest final recipient score [8]. Meanwhile, research conducted by Risa Helilintar in 2016 regarding the Application of the SAW and Fuzzy Methods in the Scholarship Acceptance Decision Support System, that the best alternative value will be chosen [9].
In this study, the authors used the Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) method to determine the distribution of subsidized food at the Galang District Village Office. The results of this study are expected to be able to provide effective decisions that are useful for the Village Office in making decisions on people who are entitled to subsidized food.

Research Stages
In conducting research at the Village Office, the author carried out several stages of data collection methods used to obtain the data needed by the author, namely: 1. Field Research (Field Research), at this stage the authors conduct research directly. In this initial stage, there are several methods including observation, interviews with village leaders or employees, related to the poor who receive subsidized food.
2. Library Research, at this stage the author reads books and articles related to previous studies conducted by several experts, as well as to the method used by the author in the decision support system in determining recipients of subsidized food for poor families. 3. Stages of Analysis and Testing, at this stage the author takes several data samples. A total of 20 data samples about poor families who will receive subsidized food, the authors also take a sample of the attributes and criteria that have been set by the Village Office in selecting who is entitled to receive subsidized food. The author will rank using the Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) method to determine 3 families who will receive subsidized snacks. 4. Stages of Results and Research Resume, at this last stage the author will get poor families who are entitled to receive subsidized confectionary materials, also the author can write a research report that he does.

Subsidized Foodstuff
Food is a basic need for human consumption which is obtained from agricultural, vegetable and animal products. Subsidized food is a budget that has been set by the central government for the poor. Subsidized foodstuffs are usually in the form of rice which will later be distributed to the people who are entitled to it [10].

Simple Additive Weighting Method
The Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) method is often also referred to as the weighted addition method which rates each alternative on all existing attributes. The SAW method requires the process of normalizing the decision matrix () to a scale that can be compared with all existing alternative ratings [11]- [17].

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
One of the problems faced in determining who is entitled to receive subsidized food in the village is the large number of people who register to get benefits from the government. Therefore, the Village Head and Village Staff need a ranking of the people who have registered, by looking for the best alternative.