Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Model for Evaluating Sustainable Manufacturing Practices in Indian Electrical Panel Industries

Abstract Sustainable Manufacturing and operations has become a crucial issue in present scenario for the manufacturing firms. Today manufacturing firms are keen interested to become sustainable in all three aspect economical social and environmental. There are number of manufacturing practices viz. Eco-design, process design, green supply chain, lean practices, product recovery and cleaner production by which firms should achieve sustainability. This paper present an AHP model of manufacturing sustainability through different manufacturing practices. In the initial stage of this study a survey methodology used from academia and industry after that an AHP model developed. From this study it is identified that firm EP-3 more conscious towards sustainability with respect to other firm. It is suggested that every electrical panel industry should adopt sustainable manufacturing practices to achieving competiveness in the market.

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