5.0 Conclusion
This paper has presented the development of an AHP-based model for sustainable manufacturing practices
evaluation in electrical panel industries. The model was developed using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)
methodology. The hierarchy structure was established based on the proposed key practices of sustainable
manufacturing evaluation electrical panel industries. Then, the importance weights of the measures were assigned by
pairwise comparisons and calculated using AHP methodology. The company’s score was calculated to assess
sustainability in manufacturing against the manufacturing practices. Finally, the industries rank was determined
based on their scores. It provides suggestions and directions for industries to take appropriate actions in improving
sustainability in manufacturing. Future work will further develop a software based tool of sustainable manufacturing
evaluation for electrical Panel Industries.