195 Int. J. Mech. Eng. & Rob. Res. 2014 Prashant B Malve and Shrikant Jachak, 2014 ANALYSI S OF ALUMI NI UM PROFI LE MANUFACTURI NG I NDUSTRI ES BY USI NG TOPSI S METHOD Prashant B Malve 1 * and Shrikant Jachak 1 * Corresponding Author: Prashant B Malve,  pbmalve@rediffmail.com This paper deals with the selection of optimum manufacturing firm for the manufacturing of Aluminium profile, with the help of MADM (multi-attribute decision making) technique. Various choices of industries are generally available that are producing the same type of the product. Selection of industry is done based on various alternatives and attributes such as product cost, cycle time, weight of profile, percentage conversion of metal, number of trial run, number of work station, etc. For the research, data from four Aluminium profile manufacturing industries are selected. The product of these industries are same, i.e., Aluminium profile. Considering sixteen different attributes which affects the performance of the industry. Selection is done by using Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method. Keywords: Aluminium profile, Multi-Attribute Decision Making (MADM), Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) I NTRODUCTI ON Introduction to Decision Making in the Manufacturing Environment Manufacturing is the backbone of any industrialized nation. Its importance is emphasized by the fact that, as an economic activity, it comprises approximately 20 to 30% of the value of all goods and services produced. A country’s level of manufacturing activity is directly related to its economic health. In general the higher the ISSN 2278 – 0149 www.ijmerr.com Vol. 3, No. 3, July 2014 © 2014 IJMERR. All Rights Reserved Int. J. Mech. Eng. & Rob. Res. 2014 1 Department of Mechanical Enginnering,Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering, Hingna Road, Wanadongri, Nagpur 441110, India. level of manufacturing activity in a country, the higher the standard of living of its people. Manufacturing can be defined as the application of mechanical, physical, and chemical processes to modify the geometry, properties and/or appearance of a given starting material in the making of new, finished parts or products. This effort includes all intermediate processes required for the production and integration of a product’s Research Paper