The Impact of Product Design and Process Design towards New Product Performance in Manufacturing Industry: A Survey Result in Malaysia
Md Fauzi Ahmad (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM))
· Khor Chun Hoong (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM))
· Norhadilah Abdul Hamid (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM))
· Norliana Sarpin (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM))
· Rozlin Zainal (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM))
· Ahmad Nur Aizat Ahmad (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM))
· Mohd Fahrul Hassan (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM))
· Mohd Nasrun Mohd Nawi (Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM))
·International Journal of Supply Chain Management ·2018
New product design and process design are vital aspects for a company to survive in in global competition market. Product design determines in the success of a company through how product design can accomplish in today's marketplace and customer needs. Nevertheless, many new products which have been developed from research and development fail to compete in global market due to product performance issue such as quality, cost and delivery. Besides, many new product design is not capable to match with the process design and machine capability in production process. The objective of this paper is to identify the relationship between new product design and new product process design towards new product performance in manufacturing industry. Random sampling techniques have been used by distributing questionnaire to 400 companies in Malaysia manufacturing sector. 80 companies had replied with the respond rate of 20%. The result shows that the extent level of new product design and process design are moderate and high level respectively. Furthermore, there is a significant relationship between new product process design and new product performance (r(80) = 0.570, p < 0.05). However, there are no significant relationships between new product design and new product performance (r(80) = 0.092, p > 0.05). The study is important to gain insight on the effect of new product design and new product process design towards new product performance.
A Study of Green Factory Practices in Malaysia Manufacturing Industry
Md Fauzi Ahmad (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM))
· Siti Norziah Ismail (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM))
· Mohd Fahrul Hassan (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM))
· Chan Shiau Wei (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM))
· Norhadilah Abdul (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM))
· Ahmad Nur Aizat Ahmad (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM))
· Mohd Nasrun Mohd Nawi
· Nor Aida Abdul Rahman
·International Journal of Supply Chain Management ·2019
Green Factory is a management tool for eliminate environment burden such as waste, chemical and pollution. Economic development grew too fast has effected major impact to environment. Carbon dioxide, loss of biodiversity, degradation of natural resources, global warming, ozone layer depletion and deforestation have effected on the environment. Based on world statistics, Malaysia has produced 29 million tonnes carbon dioxide and ranked 26th (0.66%) of the 215 countries in the world. 110 world leaders including Malaysia has agreed to work for reducing carbon dioxide gas in the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit 2009. Five main criteria for Green Factory have been identified; (1) Solar power generation systems, (2) Fuel cells system, (3) Cogeneration systems, (4) Air conditioning units and (5) Recycling system. A study was conducted to manufacturing companies that adopted Green Factory practices to assess its their green practices for minimizing environmental problems. The samples were 300 companies in Malaysia. Finally, 20% response rate has been received, with 60 respondents. Based on descriptive result, recycling shows the highest level of practices, followed by solar power cogenerations system, air conditioning units and fuel cells system. This study result shows Green Factory has significant relationship with environment performance (r=0.684, P<0.05) and business performance (r=0.510, P<0.05). Overall, the survey result shows green factory practices has significant impact on Malaysia manufacturing companies. In conclusion, Green Factory can be used as effective tool for improving not only for environment performance but also for business performance.