Mohamed Nor Azhari Azman

Statistical evaluation of pre-selection criteria for industrialized building system (IBS)

AbstractThe Malaysian government has endorsed the use of an industrialized building system (IBS) in domestic projects. These have shifted the focus of the nations construction industry towards mass production and modular products. A proper study on site selection criteria for new IBS precast manufacturing sites has now become essential. The preliminary study in this research determines the IBS precast manufacturing site selection criteria from literature reviews. Questionnaires pertaining to IBS acceptance and preference criteria were send to manufacturers, policymakers, academicians and contractors. The outcome analyses the respondents’ view towards 15 site selection criteria. The result from the ANOVA statistical test indicates that most respondents agreed with the selected criteria except political and regulation criteria, urban requirement criteria, and personal criteria. However, there is a significant difference within the opinions of the contractors and manufacturers sector. Likewise, the mean ran...

Lean six sigma performance improvement tool for automotive suppliers

Automotive industry is one of the most active industries involved in the quality effort, low production cost, and continuous improvement activities. Today, lean six sigma (LSS) is integrated with strategic control system that has assisted organizations to achieve better organizational performance through high-level continuous improvement activity and better saving in terms of operation and quality cost. Analytic hierarchy process methodology was used in developing a tool of lean six sigma performance improvement to measure the performance of automotive companies. This tool was developed using a system based on Excel. Five case studies were prepared to validate this tool. The result of these case studies suggested that this tool was timely and suitable to determine organizational performance of automotive companies. Through these case studies, this tool was able to identify the strength and weaknesses that directed to where and how improvement should be done.

The development of strategic balanced scorecard tool (SBST) for Malaysian automotive industry

In the world of information technology, business process requires a decision-making tool that is effective and systematic in measuring and assessing the current performance of the organization and enhances its competitive edge. In this study, the development of strategic balanced scorecard tool (SBST) for the Malaysian automotive industry was developed using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) methodology, which involves building a hierarchy of SBST, calculating relative weights of SBST by pairwise comparison, rating SBST measures, calculating performance scores, and ranking companies based on their scores. Further to that, an Excel-based tool was developed for automating the calculation of SBST for automotive industry. These SBSTs contribute to assist practitioners to evaluate internal performance, vendor performance, and in decision-making process to select the suppliers or reward the best supplier.

Critical success factors of sustainable manufacturing practices in Malaysian automotive industry

Abstract The purpose of this study is to examine the critical success factors of sustainable manufacturing practices (SMPs) in Malaysian automotive industry. The questionnaires were designed and distributed to the 50 respondents. The pilot study sample consists of 26 respondents from 50 questionnaires, with an average response rate of 52%. The results of reliability analysis show that social responsibility is critical factor influencing the direct SMPs implementation success. By implementing SMPs in Malaysian automotive industry, it can assist company to improve the quality of management. Thus, this study recommends that the future research explore the influence of SMPs on sustainable performance in Malaysian automotive industry.