
Muhamad Zameri Mat SamanUniversity of Technology Malaysia | UTM · Department of Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering [ MIE ]
Muhamad Zameri Mat Saman
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There are several theories and styles of leadership, as well as several approaches to studying it. This article studies the emergence and evolution of Green Servant Leadership, advocating for collaborative research to explore its development from 2012 to 2023. Utilizing bibliometrics and using VOS Viewer software, we analyze metadata from 33 public...
Nowadays, with growing public concern over environmental issues, companies are under pressure from government and society to reduce the impact of their activities. Based on that, in the early 1990’s the European Union identified End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV) as a priority waste stream and a directive was introduced to protect the environment. Automotiv...
This paper discusses a strategic guidance model for the product development process of automotive components in order to fulfil the requirements of the recycling aspects in End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV) Directive. This proposed model will enable automotive designers to assess products for their technical and economic viability at end-of-life. The paper...
Automotive companies must implement and maintain a high degree of Total Quality Management (TQM) practices due to competitive automotive market and customer pressure. In the operations management research field, TQM has been considered as infrastructural strategy. It has become one of the most recognized models for operational excellence besides Le...
SMEs are crucial to the economic growth of many countries, particularly developing ones like Malaysia. SMEs have contributed significantly to economic growth but they also often struggle with problems related to poor management, which increases the risk of failure and closure. Effective risk management is essential in sustaining the long-term susta...
The primary objective of any organization is to minimize risks and losses while optimizing values, revenues and returns. Therefore, risk management, which is often referred to as risk identification, likelihood of occurrence, and impact on the business, is essential. Recent corporate catastrophes have brought to light how inadequately corporations...
The end-of-life vehicles (ELV) problems have emerged as a critical subject in the rapidly expanding automobile business. However, the implementation of effective remanufacturing management practices and approaches in ELV for sustainable development is still hindered by various challenges. This study utilizes comprehensive content analysis to critic...
Remanufacturing is one of the fast-growing industries for sustainable manufacturing (SM) development. However, there is still lack of attention given to Industry 4.0 technologies application, specifically in the remanufacturing industry. This study explicitly performed a content analysis of Industry 4.0 technologies in the remanufacturing context....
End-of-life vehicles (ELV) management is essential for sustainable development and waste minimization. However, the ELV recycling companies are facing supply and demand uncertainties in the product recovery of ELV. This study aims to identify the critical enablers and inhibitors for economic sustainability in Malaysia’s supply and demand of ELV. Th...
The engineering of bone tissue has emerged as a promising method for the restoration and regeneration of damaged or diseased bone tissue. Bone tissue engineering relies heavily on scaffold materials, which provide a three-dimensional structure that directs cell behaviour and promotes tissue growth. However, the success of bone scaffold applications...
Although green human resource management (GHRM) has garnered more attention, even though the field is still in the infancy stage and has been growing, conceptual clarity has not yet been gained. A key component of firms' sustainable development plans is green human resource management (GHRM), which is currently regarded as a research trend. There i...
In order to combat the disruption caused by COVID-19, it is essential for the company's operations to implement flexibility and responsiveness in their work. In this study, the researchers will investigate the effect of these two variables on the financial performance of the company. The current study evaluates the data obtained from 215 manufactur...
Since the pandemic first appeared in early 2020, the manufacturing industry across the globe has experienced a decline. Concerns regarding public health were present at the start of the new decade, and as the pandemic reached its peak in March 2020, manufacturers all over the world were forced to contend with high demand, reduced workforce requirem...
The end-of-life vehicles (ELV) issue has become an essential topic in the fast-growing automotive industry. This study utilizes comprehensive content analysis to critically review the recent ELV research developments and underpinning issues in Malaysia. Fifty relevant ELV studies in Malaysia from the year 2006 to 2021 are selected and categorized b...
End-of-life vehicles (ELV) management is becoming a global concern in the automotive industry. However, there is still limited study on supply chain optimisation that focusses on specific ELV treatments. Therefore, this mini-review article analyses the supply chain optimisation for recycling and remanufacturing sustainable management in ELV. A tota...
The bone tissue engineering scaffolds is one of the methods for repairing bone defects caused by various factors. According to modern tissue engineering technology, three-dimensional (3D) printing technology for bone tissue engineering provides a temporary basis for the creation of biological replacements. Through the generated 3D bone tissue engin...
Purpose-This study analyses the challenges in implementing lean manufacturing (LM) in the wood and furniture industry. In order to facilitate the smooth implementation of LM practices in this industry, the challenges in terms of its deployment need to be analysed and observed.
Design/methodology/approach-Realizing this importance, this study prop...
As wood and furniture industries have little knowledge of the implementation of lean manufacturing particularly in emerging economies, the purpose of this study is to analytically and systematically review the literature in this context. To this end, a multi-method approach was implemented in two ways. Firstly, a bibliometric method was performed t...
The bone tissue engineering scaffolds are one of the methods to repairing bone defects caused by various factors. According to modern tissue engineering technology, three-dimensional (3D) printing technology for bone tissue engineering provides a temporary basis for the creation of biological replacements. Through the generated 3D bone tissue engin...
Notwithstanding the research on refining lean tools for the sake of sustainable development is slowly progressing, sustainability-oriented application of value stream mapping has received undivided attention from practitioners and researchers. Going through the literature highlights that there is a lack of research in integrating and systematising...
This paper investigates the barriers that hinder the implementation of lean manufacturing in wood and furniture industries as the adoption of this philosophy in such industries is not promising especially in emerging economies. To this end, a comprehensive review of the literature was performed to identify the barriers and develop a conceptual mode...
Green Lean Six Sigma has been recently clarified to improve the environmental sustainability performance of operations, but it seems glaringly scarce and in need of cutting-edge studies to integrate the concepts of green, lean, and Six Sigma into one unified application. This paper is accordingly aimed at constituting the application of Green Lean...
Manufacturing industries face numerous challenges, such as reducing their energy consumption. Minimising energy usage is one of the initiatives towards sustainable manufacturing. Many researches have studied the surface quality of machined part, but studies on energy consumption during machining process are limited. Different cutting paths operatio...
Notwithstanding the research attention given to the implementation of lean practices,
particularly in the developed countries, its adoption in the furniture industry in emerging
economies is not promising and confined to a handful of studies only. The purpose of this
study is to examine the influence of contextual factors related to company size an...
The sheet metalworking industries possess minimal knowledge in the area of sustainability despite having served as subcontractors to various industrial sectors. This also highlights that suitable indicators for measuring the sustainability performance of sheet metalworking operations are poorly addressed. As sustainability assessment is regarded as...
The research for this article was built upon the discussion concerning sustainable value stream mapping (Sus-VSM), which had recently emerged towards advancing sustainable manufacturing systems. Research on this sustainable-oriented lean tool has been confined to only a handful of studies only. Specifically, the lack of a continuous improvement pro...
The emerging environmental awareness of the public, as well as the implementation of governmental regulations, force organisations to employ corporate environmental practices such as green supply chain management (GSCM)and green innovation. Accordingly, both practices are crucial to achieve professional improvement in the environmental performance...
Although various initiatives have been undertaken by the universities worldwide to ensure that their campus operates sustainably, there are emergent barriers that pose serious challenges to the practitioners and subsequently hinder the successful implementation. The research for this paper was built upon the discussion concerning 'campus operations...
Membrane technologies are known as one of the sustainable solutions in treating wastewater from the manufacturing industry to maintain an ecosystem for the future generation. Various studies had explored this technology in terms of the economic aspects, mainly focusing on a certain process and/or only costs such as investment cost, energy cost, and...
Apart from product quality, the manufacturing cost is an important element to compete in the competitive industry. Detail economic assessment is important to estimate the product cost accurately and avoid overestimating or underestimating that give bad impact to the firm. Membrane system; a compact, sustainable and cheaper wastewater treatment syst...
The extended application of value stream mapping has more recently been clarified to fulfill the triple bottom line requirements in the manufacturing systems. Thus, there is a glaring lack of literature on this sustainable-oriented lean tool, among these minute studies, the research attention has mainly been given to the environmental issues, large...
Membrane technologies are known as one of the sustainable solutions in treating wastewater from the manufacturing industry to maintain an ecosystem for the future generation. Various studies had explored this technology in terms of the economic aspects, mainly focusing on a certain process and/or only costs such as investment cost, energy cost, and...
Computerized cost estimation though cost model help user to estimating product cost since the early stage of product development. Total product cost is an economic indicator that a sustainable product promotes a good impact on the environment but also contribute a profit increased to the organization. In addition, the cost model could be a decision...
Fuzzy approach is frequently used for selection of manufacturing technology. However, the application of the fuzzy tool for choosing the appropriate remanufacturing technology is seldom applied. This study applies the fuzzy logic approach for the selection of technology in order to minimize vagueness in decision making, thereby making results more...
Due to the upward trend in the globalization of sustainability issues and the intense competitive environment, it is evident that higher education institutions need new strategic approaches to succeed. To this end, the inquiry for this paper has been made into the debate about student relationship management. Going through the literature indicates...
This research was conducted to identify the critical success factor of total quality management (TQM) implementation in higher education. The critical success factors of TQM are management commitment and leadership; continuous improvement; total customer satisfaction; employee involvement; training; communication and teamwork. A set of questionnair...
Due to the upward trend in the globalization of sustainability issues and the intense competitive environment, it is evident that higher education institutions need new strategic approaches to succeed. To this end, the inquiry for this paper has been made into the debate about student relationship management. Going through the literature indicates...
Measurement of environmental and energy economics presents an analytical foundation for environmental decision making and policy analysis. Applications of data envelopment analysis (DEA) models in the assessment of environmental and energy economics are increasing notably. The main objective of this review paper is to provide the comprehensive over...
In order to achieve sustainable product design process, aspects such of environmental, economic and social should be balanced. This paper discussed on sustainability of product design, conceptual basis of life cycle assessment (LCA), review of LCA at several product design, methodology of proposed framework and discussion on strengths and limitatio...
The management of end-of-life vehicles conserves natural resources, provides economic benefits, and reduces water, air and soil pollution. In an effort to adequately manage flow of end-of-life vehicles, modern infrastructure is considered a prerequisite. Thus, a development of an effective performance evaluation tool for monitoring and continuous i...
While the concept of remanufacturing is gaining popularity globally, literature and theory on strategic decision-making on certifying for warranty in this area remain limited. A strategic and establish concept flow is developed based on extensive literature review and surveys with experienced experts who are dealing with remanufactured, recondition...
In current global sustainability trends, so far, measuring on sustainability impacts of a product lifecycle is necessary as a preparation towards more sustainable products in the future. However, most of the proposed tools in literature have not been used effectively as a tool in decision-making on the scale that is needed. This paper reports on th...
This objective of this work is to investigate the quality assurance of remanufactured ELV components by distinguished with other sustainable manufacturing stakeholders, 6Rs. The study is focused on developing countries such as China, India, Malaysia, and Brazil as the authors determine whether remanufactured ELV components are significant to the re...
The Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) utility determining approaches and fuzzy sets are considered to be new development approaches, which have been recently presented, extended, and used by some scholars in area of decision making. There is a lack of research regarding to systematic literature review and classification of study about these...
This study examines how risk management practices (RMP) affect organizational performance in Malaysia's research university (RU) setting. The conceptualization of RMP and RU performance was based on the process theory, and the five RMP proposed - Risk Governance & Management System, Risk Identification, Risk Analysis & Evaluation, Risk Mitigation S...
Sustainability level is a new indicator of quality and efficiency for product life cycle. Sustainability should be balanced among Triple Bottom Line (TBL) aspects namely environmental, economic and social elements. For monitoring the sustainability of product, a comprehensive framework considering potential impacts for sustainability assessment sho...
Halal food sector is one of the important components of the national economic generator due to increasing of Muslim population every year. Meanwhile, Total Quality Management (TQM) practices are the crucial quality technique should be applied in the industries included halal food industry to compete with others. The importance of TQM practices in t...
To achieve sustainable product design, it is crucial to use sustainability assessment during the product design process. In this paper, numerous sustainability assessment methodologies in product design are reviewed. A comprehensive assessment of sustainability has been reported to present better performance for improving product sustainability. Th...
For many years, the remanufacturing system has been a very popular and potential topic to both scholars and practitioners. The increasing demand of products, particularly in the electronics and automobile industry and conflicting depletion of resources has become a major challenge for the electronics and automotive remanufacturing stakeholders. The...
In today's competitive market, culture of excellence (CoE) and knowledge sharing (KS) are vital factors for organisations to thrive in the ever-expanding global market-economy. However, most previous studies have paid less attention to CoE especially in developing countries. In addition, they gave less attention to KS as a mediator in the CoE perfo...
Lack of efficient evaluation methods to help decision makers in making informed decision regarding in-house technology investments, outsourcing technology, and manual activities in the remanufacturing industry has raised serious concerns in the selection process of technologies based on company size and resources. This has resulted in the inability...
In Malaysia, end-of-life vehicles are not properly managed. Their number keeps growing, as reflected by the increasing number of produced and registered vehicles every year. Improper management of end-of-life vehicles endangers environment and social life in Malaysia. Excessive water, air and soil pollution are among the primary effects of improper...
While sustainability in sports centers has recently been clarified to speed up the sustainable societal transitions under the banner of “Sport for Sustainable Development”, it seems relatively small and in need of movement to generate a significant outlook. In pursuit of this aim, the research for this paper was built upon the discussion concerning...
The implementation of Quality Management Principles (QMP) is crucial in ensuring business excellence. Many ISO certified organizations have adopted the QMP of ISO 9001:2008 for achieving and sustaining business performance. However, studies related to the implementation of QMP amongst Malaysia Hajj Pilgrims are limited. This study examines the effe...
Supply Chain Management Practices (SCMP) and its positive effect on Supply Chain Performance (SCP) has been well addressed in manufacturing companies operating in developed industrial area. However, this association in manufacturing companies operating in developing industrial area is less emphasized. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the i...
ISO 9001:2008 is a customer-oriented quality management system and in higher education institutions (HEIs), it is designed to ensure quality of teaching and learning process delivered to students. In a highly competitive higher education market, Student Satisfaction (SS) and positive Communication Behavior (CB) among students are important to susta...
Developments in sustainability assessment tools are leading to an increased interest in sustainability assessment for products and services. Several sustainability measurement tools and frameworks have been developed. However, most of these tools only focus on environmental considerations while some of the frameworks only focus on governmental prog...
Recently, remanufacturing has become very popular as one of the most efficient and effective strategies for economic, social and environmental “end-of-life” product management. However, the literature is not yet exhaustive in determining holistic remanufacturing investment inputs, processes and output requirements. This paper introduces a new defin...
Sustainable development (SD) is not just obligating society members to fulfill their responsibilities, but can also generate significant competitive advantage. Only recently, organizations increasingly consider SD as a business strategy because it can deliver larger shareholder value and provide access to capital and making stronger performance ove...
The presentation has been aimed at operationalizing the SRM strategy in higher education systems.
Culture of excellence (CoE) is a critical determining element for efficient organisational performance (OP) in ever-competing global economy. Both manufacturing and service sectors implement this aspect to maintain their competitive advantage. We report the role of knowledge-sharing (KS) in strengthening the CoE and OP relationship in the context o...
The growing of environmental concern from customers, buyers, communities, and government regulations has forced companies to implement Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) practices and green innovation. GSCM practices and green innovation is believed to have strategic interconnection in improving environmental performance positively. Objective: Th...
The presentation has been aimed at making sustainable organizational transitions, with special emphasis upon green human resource management (GHRM) practices.
An important consideration during product development is the sustainability level of a product. Thus, several tools and methods have been developed to assess product sustainability. However, most of current tools focus only on the environmental element without considering two important sustainability elements such economic and social elements. Othe...