Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of B.Sc. Degree Requirements in Industrial Systems Engineering

Abstract

This project provides an assessment framework for measuring sustainability in manufacturing enterprises. Empirical work was conducted through implementing the proposed framework in modern irrigation system firm in order to analysis the major issues associated with dimensions of sustainability and its indicators for identifying areas of improvements. There are three main issues were founded that needed improvement to raise the level of sustainability in the firm. The first issue is improving material utilization through implementing six sigma methodology to reduce wall thickness variation of irrigation pipes. The second issue is improving time utilization through implementing Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) concept to reduce non-value-added time during changeover of die regarding extrusion process. The third issue is raising the power efficiency through upgrading the mica band heaters to ceramic band heaters in order to reduce energy consumption and heat losses during manufacturing process. Finally, revaluating the sustainability index of the firm and comparing it with old one for monitoring the level of sustainability along time to ensure the continuous improvement.