Manufacturing Companies In Malaysia Research Articles

Continual Improvement (CI) Lean Culture Continuous Quality and Cost Saving in Malaysia Manufacturing & Engineering (M&E) Companies

Lean sustainability is often perceived to only be possible to be maintained via small group application of lean culture that carry out improvement activities. The purpose of this case study is thus to examine the success factors of inculcating lean culture framework by lean practitioners in Malaysian Manufacturing and Engineering (ME) companies that faced inconsistencies in implementing and sustaining lean. The impact of lean culture framework practiced by Small Group Improvement Activities (SGIA) was analysed via productivity improvement methodologies comprises of semi-structured interviews and analysis of 633 Small Group Improvement Activities (SGIA) project reports in establishing a final lean culture framework that can contribute to the longevity of a lean company. The improved lean culture framework that had been extended to other strategic business units (SBU) in ME companies are found to be the positive factor contributing to the sustainability of lean culture and achieving tangible and intangible benefits via small group improvement activities, enhancement standard which include companies’ policy, as well as providing a guideline in problem solving methodology. The findings revealed that enhancement of inculcating lean framework is crucially in need especially in expanding the initiatives across ME companies via a systematic and standardised problem-solving methodology. This study intends to aid organisations, practitioners, academicians, and respective industries in benchmarking the best practises and at the same time further reduce the gap and continually improve the lean culture framework in other compass industries.

The Impact of Viable Supply Chain Management on Sustainability in Malaysian Manufacturing Companies during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Impact of Viable Supply Chain Management on Sustainability in Malaysian Manufacturing Companies during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Unpacking the Role of Green Smart Technologies Adoption, Green Ambidextrous Leadership, and Green Innovation Behaviour on Green Innovation Performance in Malaysian Manufacturing Companies

Integrating the natural resource-based view theory, contingency theory and paradox theory, the current study investigates the impact of the green smart technologies adoption (GSTA) and green ambidextrous leadership (GAL) on green innovation performance (GIP), along with the mediating role of Green Innovation Behaviour (GIB). The research design for this study consists of a quantitative method, a positivism paradigm, a cross-sectional time horizon and a structured questionnaire survey. A total of 313 responses from Malaysian manufacturing firms were analysed using partial least squares-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The findings reveal that GSTA, GAL and GIB positively impact GIP. Moreover, GIB mediates the association between GSTA and GIP, but there is no mediation observed in the GAL–GIP association. The results of this study provide valuable insights for policymakers, management and relevant stakeholders in developing countries on how to strike the right balance of exploitation and exploration leadership in uncertain and volatile market settings, while fostering GSTA and GIP. The adoption of GSTA and GAL improves manufacturing companies’ sustainability. Furthermore, these findings contribute to the Malaysian government’s commitment to the Nationally Determined Contribution towards the Paris Agreement, the Shared Prosperity 2030 vision and the proposed 15 key economic growth activities.

Green supply chain and market orientation: Catalysts for sustainable green knowledge management

The purpose of this study is to concurrently test the effect of green market orientation and green supply chain management on establishing green knowledge management among Malaysian manufacturing companies. To empirically test the model, the authors developed quantitative research by collecting data from 115 manufacturing organisations operating in Malaysia. Partial least squares structural equation modelling was used to analyse the data. The results of the study reveal that green market orientation has a significant and direct positive effect on green knowledge management. Equally, green supply chain management has a direct positive and significant effect on green knowledge management. The findings of this study provide insights for practitioners, academia, and policymakers on how to use the selected variables to improve the sustainability performance of organisations.

Investigating the factors affecting e-procurement adoption in supply chain performance: An empirical study on Malaysia manufacturing industry

Global business is getting more and more cutthroat. Digital technology plays a significant role in giving companies a competitive advantage and improving the effectiveness of corporate processes. The Malaysian government has advanced by implementing e-government to use digital technologies to improve operations. In line with the objective of Malaysia’s government, this study examines the impact of e-procurement adoption and e-procurement determinants on supply chain performance among Malaysian manufacturing companies. Using a quantitative research design with an online survey questionnaire, 99 responses from manufacturers listed in the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers directory were obtained, representing 19.41% of the response rates. It fulfilled the minimum sample size of 92, and the data were examined using PLS-SEM. A total of 13 hypotheses are supported, accepted hypotheses one and two in which top management support and information communication technology infrastructure do not directly affect supply chain management. Besides, the findings prove this study's mediating effect on e-procurement adoption. It indicates that most Malaysian manufacturing companies have embraced e-procurement to support their supply chain operations.

The Impact of Audit Firm Size, Auditor Independence and Financial Expertise on Earning Quality: Mediating Role of Audit Quality

Earning quality of organization depends upon the audit quality and could be achieved using auditors’ expertise and firm size and this aspect demands the emphasis of new researchers. Hence, the current article investigates the effects of auditors’ independence, audit firm size and auditors’ financial expertise on earning quality of the manufacturing industry in Malaysia. The article also explores the mediating role of audit quality among auditors’ independence, audit firm size, auditors’ financial expertise and earning quality of the manufacturing industry in Malaysia. The study gets the data from the audit department of Malaysian manufacturing companies. The article checks the nexus among variables using smart-PLS. The outcomes revealed that the auditors’ independence, audit firm size and auditors’ financial expertise have a positive association with earning quality. The outcomes also exposed that audit quality significantly mediates among auditors’ independence, audit firm size, auditors’ financial expertise and earning quality of the manufacturing industry in Malaysia. The regulators could get the guidelines to achieve high quality earnings and audits using auditors’ independence and financial expertise.

Empirical analysis of ESG-driven green innovation: the moderating role of innovation orientation

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine the influence of ESG practices on green innovation with the moderating effect of innovation orientation in Malaysian manufacturing listed companies.Design/methodology/approachThis study employed a quantitative research approach by using a well-structured questionnaire for data collection. The questionnaire was distributed to 204 Malaysian manufacturing listed companies in consumer products and services sector. Finally, partial least square-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was utilized to examine the relationship between constructs.FindingsBased on stakeholder theory, results indicated that environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices significantly improve green innovation. The insignificant moderating effect of innovation orientation was identified between the relationship of environmental and social practices and green innovation. Interestingly, results affirmed the negative moderating effect between the relationship of governance practices and green innovation.Research limitations/implicationsThis study is limited to Malaysian manufacturing companies of consumer products and services sector in Bursa Malaysia. Hence, the findings of this study cannot be generalized to manufacturing companies of other geographical contexts.Practical implicationsThis work provides constructive implications to management and policymakers of Malaysian manufacturing companies in strategic planning toward enhancing green innovation and developing business competitiveness to achieve sustainable business performance.Originality/valueThis research magnifies valuable insights into the literature through a comprehensive model that simultaneously investigates the relationships between ESG practices, innovation orientation and green innovation. In addition, this is the first attempt to investigate the influence of ESG practices on green innovation with a moderating effect of innovation orientation, which indeed strengthens the originality of this study.

Employees’ Turnover Intention in Malaysian Manufacturing Company

Employee turnover is a significant issue in human resource management, which refers to the employees’ willingness to leave their current organization within a predetermined time frame. Thus, it is essential to pinpoint the factors affecting this decision, which include salary, working environment, employer-employee relationship, and leadership styles. The primary data was collected from a sample of 136 employees from a manufacturing company in Johor, Malaysia, and all questionnaires were successfully collected from the respondents. The data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 23, and Pearson Correlation and regression analysis were carried out to investigate the influences between the variables. The results from the correlational study revealed that all independent variables have a negative relationship with the dependent variable. Multiple regression analysis showed that the four independent variables substantially explain 54% of the variance for employee turnover intention. However, when assessing the coefficient for each independent variable, only salary, employer-employee relationships, and leadership styles were significant, and the remaining variable was insignificant. For future research, it is recommended that an explicit sample size should be adopted so that the findings can be generalized to other similar populations.

Understanding Lean Awareness Gaps between Management and Operations in an Aerospace Manufacturing Company in Malaysia

Lean planning is usually performed by the management team, while lean implementation by the operations team. Lean implementation can be more successful if the gap in lean between the management and operations teams are understood. By knowing the gaps, the right resources can be allocated to the right people doing the right things. This study aims to investigate the gap in lean awareness between both teams. The survey, via Google Form, took place in an aerospace manufacturing company in Malaysia. 360 valid responses received and analyzed with SPSS. Based on the findings, the management team was found to have more working experiences with higher qualifications compared to the operations team. Consistently, the findings have also found the management team has better awareness on lean terminologies, types of waste, and benefits of lean, followed by the technicians and operators, respectively. As a result, there was a clear gap in lean awareness between the management and operations teams. This gap might possibly be influenced by the level of qualifications, and number of experiences. Meanwhile, the findings within the operations team have shown the technicians' awareness on lean is better than the operators. This study implicates that a specific lean awareness program should be designed to suit different level of understanding on lean, for the right people with the right resources. With effective lean program, the implementation will be more successful, and firms can achieve better efficiency and waste reduction.

DEVELOPING AND VALIDATING MEASUREMENT FOR LEAN MANUFACTURING SUSTENANCE STRATEGIES: THE PLS-SEM APPROACH

Manufacturing worldwide acknowledges lean manufacturing (LM) as a tool to enhance performance. However, sustaining the implementation has been an issue for them to reap the full benefit of LM. With this issue, this study is aimed to investigate the sustaining factors for LM, develop measurement items, provide valid and reliable constructs for LM sustaining factors, and empirically validate the measuring instrument using the SEM approach. Five sustaining factors and 30 assessment items were constructed by adopting, adapting, or self-developing based on the extensive literature review. In total, 151 discrete medium and large manufacturing companies in Malaysia responded to the survey questions. Following that, the constructs were empirically assessed using the SEM model. The findings show that all of the measuring items represent their underlying constructs and contribute significantly to their respective constructs. Some limitations were identified, including the fact that this study was collected from medium and large discrete manufacturing companies in Malaysia, hence resulting in restrictions on generalizability. This research provided valuable information for practitioners to gain more understanding and develop a plan for sustaining LM implementation.

Rewards and recognition on employee motivation and employee performance: a study of a manufacturing company in Malaysia

Rewards and recognition on employee motivation and employee performance: a study of a manufacturing company in Malaysia

Rewards and recognition on employee motivation and employee performance: a study of a manufacturing company in Malaysia

Rewards and recognition on employee motivation and employee performance: a study of a manufacturing company in Malaysia

Factors Affecting Social Sustainability Performance amongst Malaysian Manufacturing Companies

Malaysia is among 192 countries that adopted the 2030 agenda for sustainable development to move towards more sustainable, resilient and inclusive growth through strengthening the social, economic and environmental aspects of sustainable development. However, among the three pillars, social sustainability is often disregarded than economic and environmental. Social sustainability is an aspect of sustainability or sustainable development that encompasses human rights, labour rights, and corporate governance. It brings a better environmental and positive influence on the employees working in the industry. This study aims to investigate the relationship between diversity practices, environmental practices, product responsibility and, safety and health practices on social sustainability performance in the manufacturing industry in Malaysia. A total of 384 questionnaires were distributed amongst manufacturers with multinational corporation status based on the purposive sampling method. Eighty-two usable questionnaires had been received and analysed. The findings of this study revealed that only diversity practices and safety and health practices significantly influenced the social sustainability performance. Future research is suggested to verify the significance of these factors as well as other potential factors in different industries for better understanding and knowledge of the social sustainability issues in Malaysia.

An Interactive Visualization Web Application for Industrial-Focused Statistical Process Control Analysis

Statistical process control (SPC) implementation plays a major role in quality assurance during the manufacturing process. Nevertheless, the adoption rate of SPC commercial software solutions is unsatisfactory in most Malaysian manufacturing companies due to high software subscription costs and difficulties in applying the software without proper know-how, guidance, and training. This study proposes the development of a purpose-built interactive data visualization web application for rapid SPC analysis in the manufacturing industry using open-sourced software packages. An agile software development model is applied as the software development methodology. In the requirement phase, an interview session was conducted to identify project requirements among stakeholders, i.e. industrial practitioners that are involved with SPC analysis. Based on the feedback and expectations from stakeholders, a design of a web application for SPC analysis that incorporates interactive parameter settings and automated reporting was proposed. The web application was developed using the R programming language and the Shiny package library, and deployed at ShinyApps.io, a web service provider. For evaluation, a usability testing procedure was designed and conducted with five industrial SPC practitioners to determine the usefulness of the web application. The outcome of the usability testing indicated positive results and feedback from evaluators. In conclusion, the developed web-app can assist users, particularly from the manufacturing industry sectors, to perform fast SPC data analytics, visualization, and reporting with ease.

Sustainability Management Accounting and Organizational Performance: The Mediating Role of Environmental Management System

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between sustainability management accounting, environmental management system, and organizational performance for the Malaysian manufacturing industry. The data were collected from 350 manufacturing companies in Malaysia using online questionnaires. Structural equation modeling was used to investigate the relationship between sustainability management accounting, environmental management system, and organizational performance. The findings showed that there was a significant positive relationship between sustainability management accounting and organizational performance (β = 0.530, p < 0.001), sustainability management accounting and environmental management system (β = 0.583, p < 0.001), and environmental management system and organizational performance (β = 0.168, p < 0.05). The findings also found an indirect effect of sustainability management accounting on organizational performance (β = 0.271, p < 0.05) through environmental management system implementation. Results show that environmental management systems can be considered as partial mediators. The environmental management system as a mediator for the Malaysian manufacturing industry increased the impact of sustainability management accounting on organizational performance. This study provides a fundamental approach for practitioners and manufacturing researchers to improve organizational performance through the implementation of sustainability management accounting and environmental management systems.

Firm’s Technological Capabilities towards Technology Transfer Performance in Malaysian Manufacturing Companies: The Antecedents That Lead to Successful Development of Firm’s Technological Capabilities

Drawing upon Resource-Based View (RBV) theory, this research investigates the effect of technological capabilities on the performance of technology transfer activities in Malaysian manufacturing firms. This research also empirically examines the antecedents that lead to the development of a firm’s technological capabilities. The data were obtained from 133 manufacturing companies in Malaysia by means of questionnaires. As predicted, the results indicated that the firm’s technological capabilities significantly related to technology transfer performance and all the antecedents are chosen positively influenced the firm’s technological capabilities development.

The Effects of Organizational Culture on Employee Engagement: A Malaysian Manufacturing Company’s Perspective

Employee engagement has been a global issue and organizations have to deal with it to strive for success. Employee engagement is defined as commitment and emotional attachment of an employee or group towards the organization. Organizational culture is one of the predictors that contributes to employee engagement. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to determine the roles of organizational culture (clan, adhocracy, hierarchy, and market) toward employee engagement in a manufacturing company in Malaysia. This research is a quantitative study, which used a self-administered questionnaire as an instrument to collect data. The data were successfully collected from 127 respondents out of 190 total population. The questionnaires and all data collected were conveniently distributed to all respondents and analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 23 respectively. The multiple regression analysis indicated that clan, adhocracy and market culture had significant and positive relationship with employee engagement while hierarchy culture had no significant and negative relationship with employee engagement. Thus, only H1, H2 and H3 were supported. The contribution of the study is to examine how clan, adhocracy, hierarchy, and market culture affects employee engagement in manufacturing company in Malaysia. Organizational culture research in manufacturing sectors, specifically in Malaysia, remains mostly unexamined. Thus, by examining the four main working cultures, i.e., clan, adhocracy, hierarchy, and market, we can present manufacturing employers with insight into how to adapt their work culture to engage their employees.

Organisation Culture, IT Infrastructure and KM Process influencing KM Effectiveness in a Malaysian Manufacturing Company

This study aims to examine the relationship between Organisation culture, IT infrastructure and Knowledge Management Process, towards Knowledge Management implementation effectiveness in a Malaysian manufacturing company. This study was conducted among the permanent employees across all departments in the GLC Manufacturing Plant in Malaysia. Quantitative data were collected using self-administered questionnaires to a sample of 108 permanent employees. Based on the findings from multiple regression analysis, Organisation Culture had the most significant impact towards KM implementation effectiveness; whilst IT Infrastructure had a significant relationship but KM Process had no significant relationship with KM implementation effectiveness. The study had made significant contribution where it extended the literature on KM enablers influencing KM implementation effectiveness and contribute towards strategizing better policies on organizational culture and IT Infrastructure to improve overall KM effectiveness in manufacturing organization.

The Mediating Role of Structural Social Capital on the Relationship Between Internal Environmental Management and Sustainable Performance

Increasing demand for green initiatives and issues of sustainability has recently necessitated a paradigm shift in the way firms, particularly those in the manufacturing sector, conduct their operations. Therefore, Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) was developed to integrate environmental management approaches within manufacturing organizations. GSCM's internal environmental management and social capital through collaboration of supply chain partners can be viewed as fundamentally comparable in that social capital is accumulated through the process of firms constructing social interactions in current networks. However, the number of GSCM studies that incorporate a social capital approach, especially empirical studies, remains limited in term of quantity. To determine the relationship between internal environmental management, structural social capital, and sustainable performance, this study was performed. This study aims to evaluate the mediating effect of structural social capital on the relationship between internal environmental management and sustainable performance. Malaysian manufacturing companies that are ISO14001 accredited were surveyed. Respondents submitted a total of 106 questionnaires that were deemed suitable for data analysis using Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). Internal environmental management was found to have a significant correlation with structural social capital. Additional research utilizing PLS bootstrapping has revealed that structural social capital significantly mediates the relation between internal environmental management and sustainable performance. In addition to contributing to theoretical knowledge, the results would be useful for delivering new insights to management regarding their environmental goals and maintaining successful performance under the pressure of stakeholders, customers, and environmental standards.

The Effect of Corporate Governance Mechanisms on Earnings Management in Malaysian Manufacturing Companies

Earnings management (EM) firms produce less predictable accounting earnings that do not reflect the company's genuine financial success. However, EM is regarded as one of the most significant issues regarding financial reporting, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, this paper aims to investigate the effect of corporate governance mechanisms on earnings management in Malaysian manufacturing companies (MMCs). Data was collected from 2010 to 2019 for MMCs. By highlighting the updating of corporate governance rules, the market value and competitiveness of institutions will improve. Moreover, this paper provides evidence of the effect of corporate governance on earnings management. Therefore, the results may help policymakers to take a new approach to the development of corporate governance instructions, and stakeholders, which would enhance earnings quality and improve the quality of financial reports. This could help them build a more comprehensive picture of the firm and improve the decision-making process.