Empirical evidence of AMT practices and sustainable environmental initiatives in Malaysian automotive SMEs

This paper presents significant empirical evidence on the relationship between Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT) practices and sustainable environmental initiatives with the manufacturing capabilities of automotive SMEs in Malaysia. A cross-sectional survey is adopted in this study, which invo...

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Main Authors: Siti Zawiah Md Dawal, Farzad Tahriri, Yap Hwa Jen, Keith Case, Nguyen Huu Tho, Aliq Zuhdi, Maryam Mousavi, Atefeh Amindoust, Novita Sakudarini
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spelling rr-article-95478982015-01-01T00:00:00Z Empirical evidence of AMT practices and sustainable environmental initiatives in Malaysian automotive SMEs Siti Zawiah Md Dawal (7206281) Farzad Tahriri (556185) Yap Hwa Jen (7206575) Keith Case (1250121) Nguyen Huu Tho (7206578) Aliq Zuhdi (7206284) Maryam Mousavi (697066) Atefeh Amindoust (7206581) Novita Sakudarini (7206584) Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified untagged Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified Mechanical Engineering This paper presents significant empirical evidence on the relationship between Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT) practices and sustainable environmental initiatives with the manufacturing capabilities of automotive SMEs in Malaysia. A cross-sectional survey is adopted in this study, which involves 83 Malaysian automotive SMEs. Two hypotheses are proposed in this study, i.e. Hypothesis 1: There are positive effects of AMT practices on the manufacturing capabilities of SMEs and Hypothesis 2: There are positive effects of sustainable environmental initiatives on the manufacturing capabilities of SMEs. The results obtained from the pairwise correlation analysis indicate that both AMT practices and sustainable environmental initiatives have positive effects on manufacturing capabilities, which support both hypotheses. In addition, it is found that 50% of the SMEs implement AMT for flexibility and cost reduction in the past five years. It is also found that more than 80% sustainable practices are adopted in most of the SMEs with the exception of Life Cycle Assessment. Based on the findings, there is a need to move forward into the hybrid approach, which will consider both AMT practices and environmental initiatives to ensure that SMEs remain competitive and become the world player in the automotive industry. 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 2134/17992 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Empirical_evidence_of_AMT_practices_and_sustainable_environmental_initiatives_in_Malaysian_automotive_SMEs/9547898 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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Mechanical Engineering
Siti Zawiah Md Dawal
Farzad Tahriri
Yap Hwa Jen
Keith Case
Nguyen Huu Tho
Aliq Zuhdi
Maryam Mousavi
Atefeh Amindoust
Novita Sakudarini
Empirical evidence of AMT practices and sustainable environmental initiatives in Malaysian automotive SMEs
description This paper presents significant empirical evidence on the relationship between Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT) practices and sustainable environmental initiatives with the manufacturing capabilities of automotive SMEs in Malaysia. A cross-sectional survey is adopted in this study, which involves 83 Malaysian automotive SMEs. Two hypotheses are proposed in this study, i.e. Hypothesis 1: There are positive effects of AMT practices on the manufacturing capabilities of SMEs and Hypothesis 2: There are positive effects of sustainable environmental initiatives on the manufacturing capabilities of SMEs. The results obtained from the pairwise correlation analysis indicate that both AMT practices and sustainable environmental initiatives have positive effects on manufacturing capabilities, which support both hypotheses. In addition, it is found that 50% of the SMEs implement AMT for flexibility and cost reduction in the past five years. It is also found that more than 80% sustainable practices are adopted in most of the SMEs with the exception of Life Cycle Assessment. Based on the findings, there is a need to move forward into the hybrid approach, which will consider both AMT practices and environmental initiatives to ensure that SMEs remain competitive and become the world player in the automotive industry.
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author Siti Zawiah Md Dawal
Farzad Tahriri
Yap Hwa Jen
Keith Case
Nguyen Huu Tho
Aliq Zuhdi
Maryam Mousavi
Atefeh Amindoust
Novita Sakudarini
author_facet Siti Zawiah Md Dawal
Farzad Tahriri
Yap Hwa Jen
Keith Case
Nguyen Huu Tho
Aliq Zuhdi
Maryam Mousavi
Atefeh Amindoust
Novita Sakudarini
author_sort Siti Zawiah Md Dawal (7206281)
title Empirical evidence of AMT practices and sustainable environmental initiatives in Malaysian automotive SMEs
title_short Empirical evidence of AMT practices and sustainable environmental initiatives in Malaysian automotive SMEs
title_full Empirical evidence of AMT practices and sustainable environmental initiatives in Malaysian automotive SMEs
title_fullStr Empirical evidence of AMT practices and sustainable environmental initiatives in Malaysian automotive SMEs
title_full_unstemmed Empirical evidence of AMT practices and sustainable environmental initiatives in Malaysian automotive SMEs
title_sort empirical evidence of amt practices and sustainable environmental initiatives in malaysian automotive smes
publishDate 2015
url https://hdl.handle.net/2134/17992
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