Salwa Hanim Abdul-Rashid

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Professor (Associate) at University of Malaya

Background: As the elderly population rapidly grows, age-related health issues are increasing. Telemedicine helps older adults adapt by providing efficient and accessible health management and medical services. Objectives: This study employs bibliometric analysis to examine research focus areas, emerging trends, and collaboration networks in tel...

In the past ten years, the increasing customer awareness of environmental sustainability has driven the development of green products. As the initiator of product development, this situation can challenge product designers. Since customers may have varied expectations and preferences for green products, it depends on the green attributes embedded i...

In the current situation of global aging, the current market shortage of age-appropriate smart home products and the recent epidemic have led to greater isolation of the elderly, seriously affecting their physical and mental health. In order to optimize the sustainable user experience of the elderly when using smart home products, this paper propos...

This study empirically investigates the effects of sustainable manufacturing practices on sustainable performance, focusing on the moderation effect of companies’ ownership (foreign or local) between sustainable manufacturing practices and sustainable performance. In this study, a survey was conducted among ISO 4001-certified manufacturers in Malay...

With the increasing aging population globally, issues that come with aging are becoming more severe. This prompted the governments and society to focus on the social security of the elderly. To guarantee the safety of the elderly, satisfy their emotional requirements, and assist them in adapting to a fast-changing socio-technical environment, resea...

Purpose There is an increasing awareness among manufacturers to make production more sustainable in Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia. Manufacturers are now urged to not only focus on the business profit but also concern on environment protection by producing green products. However, issues may arise regarding the preferences...

A circular economy can be achieved by the efficient use of materials across different industries and sectors. In the manufacturing sectors, practicing material efficiency is one of the effective strategies to reduce material usage and solid waste generation. However, due to many unknown factors, such as key drivers to enhance material efficiency, m...

The increasing customer awareness of environmental sustainability during the last decade has had an influence on many manufacturers to produce green products. However, issues arise regarding the actual preferences of customers for green products, which often differ depending on cultural influences. Cultural values can affect the decisions of design...

The influence of external pressures on the adoption of green supply chain management (GSCM) practices has been established in the literature. This paper posits that the adoption of GSCM practices is also driven by a firm’s internal strategic factors including its key resources and competitive strategy. It also suggests that these direct effects are...

Dr. Nur Shafieza Riwayat’s name had been misspelt in the original version of the book in chapter 10. The author’s name has now been corrected.

The holistic shift from traditional supply chain to sustainable supply chain has been practiced in different industries for many years. The automotive industry, as one of the largest and most influential industries in the world, could have a substantial effect on the movement toward a sustainable society. Despite the growing body of literature in t...

The circular economy (CE) is in a growing trend, especially to address the concern of resources sustainability, both from academics as well as industrial practitioners. For manufacturing businesses and services to be sustainable, using materials efficiently is an essential strategy, which is able to enhance the promotion of CE. However, for a devel...

The fundamental objective of the research is to develop a system that analyses component recoverability at the product design stage using two separate tools, namely, a system dynamic model (SDM) and the recoverability factor formula. Engineers can utilise both the SDM and recoverability factor formula at the design stage to develop eco-friendly pro...

Nowadays, increasing awareness is directed toward the fulfilment of sustainability demands in production in rapidly developing Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia. However, producing green products that satisfy customer preferences is still a challenging task for product designers and manufacturers. Cultural values can be a significant fact...

Nowadays, increasing awareness is directed toward the fulfilment of sustainability demands in production in rapidly developing Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia. However, producing green products that satisfy customer preferences is still a challenging task for product designers and manufacturers. Cultural values can be a significant fact...

The National Automotive Policy was introduced in Malaysia in 2006, which includes end-of-life vehicle (ELV) recovery policies. However, there is limited information on the current state of ELV recovery in Malaysia, which hinders the fulfillment of these new requirements. For manufacturers, the lack of information will lead to difficulties in making...

Poor quality control has become a major threat to medical laboratory services, especially in the developing countries. It has become necessary to assess and rank the quality of diagnostic services in medical laboratories using systematic approaches. The main aim of this research is to develop and apply a quantitative method in ranking medical labor...

In this study, we identify the factors that affect end‐of‐life vehicle (ELV) recovery effectiveness in order to develop an improved ELV recovery model in Malaysia. We derived these factors from a literature survey and on‐site interviews with representatives of selected local companies who are the key stakeholders in ELV management. We used the syst...

Sustainable manufacturing aims to reduce environmental impacts during manufacturing activities by implementing strategies such as waste minimization, resource efficiency, pollution prevention, energy efficient manufacturing processes, and end of life management. Although sustainable manufacturing is being practiced and widely studied in developed c...

This study was aimed at eliciting the perception of practitioners on sustainable supply chain management in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). A total of 15 companies from the SMEs in Malaysia were selected. 5 of these companies serve as suppliers to larger firms within and outside Malaysia, another 5 as manufacturers, and the rest as reverse log...

The implementation of end-of-life vehicle (ELV) recovery policy in Malaysia has led vehicle manufacturers to look at different ways to improve design and development of vehicles. Nowadays, it is crucial to incorporate end-of-life (EOL) design strategies into the vehicle design in order to enhance the effectiveness of the ELV recovery network. Altho...

Design strategies play a significant role to enhance recovery effectiveness at the end of product life cycle. By reviewing previous study, there are many factors involved to enhance recovery effectiveness but limited to linking design strategies factors in holistic and dynamics view. Proposed method are explained and an initial model for end-of-lif...

This paper presents a hybrid method to determine the optimum combination of product form features in Kansei engineering. This method integrates the Taguchi method and grey relational analysis (GRA) coupled with principal component analysis (PCA). Experiments are performed on a variety of passenger car form designs. The Taguchi's L27 OA is chosen to...

Purpose Sustainable manufacturing practices are one of the significant environmental initiatives taken by manufacturing industries to preserve the environment and improve the quality of human life while performing manufacturing activities. The emergence of the value creation concept, economic value no longer counts as a single factor for measuring...

Over the past few years, there have been increasing efforts to promote green products in developing nations. However, evaluating customer preferences when it comes to choosing green products is a rather complex task, which is perhaps due to the influence of cultural values on customer preferences. Hence, the objective of this study is to examine th...

Over the years since the advancement of inventory management and fuzzy set theories, a vast number of studies have been published to integrate these concepts. Nonetheless, no comprehensive and systematic literature review can be found that analyzed the studies in this research stream. It motivated us to conduct this survey as a systematic and compr...

An integrated fuzzy-based Taguchi method (TM) for multi-response optimization of product form design is presented in this paper. The fuzzy-based TM is applied to determine the optimum combination of design parameters for product form design which will fulfill consumers' aesthetic and emotional needs. Since conventional TM is incapable of handling m...

Incorporation of quality and environmental concerns in production and inventory models has received considerable attention in the inventory management literature; however, researchers studied these topics mostly independently. Thus, it is required to jointly incorporate those two relevant aspects in a single research to support decisions, compare t...

Material efficiency is one of the most important strategies for helping manufacturing companies achieve sustainability in their production activities. However, there are many barriers to the implementation of material efficiency strategies in the manufacturing processes and overall business operations. The aim of this study is to identify and evalu...

Poor quality control has become a major threat to medical laboratory services, especially in the developing countries. It has become necessary to assess and rank the quality of diagnostic services in medical laboratories using systematic approaches. The main aim of this research is to develop and apply a quantitative method in ranking medical labor...

The level of quality management implementation is defined based on the enterprises’ vision for the future. Since today's electrical and electronic industries are supposed to have high-tech enterprises, it is sensible to periodically assess them in terms of level of quality management through empirical studies. There is hardly any study that extensi...

Due to the repetitive nature of inventory planning over the planning horizon, the operator in charge has to perform planning tasks repetitively, and consequently s/he becomes more familiar with the tasks over time. Familiarity with the tasks suggests that learning takes place in inventory planning. Even though the operator’s learning over time migh...

This paper extends an economic order quantity (EOQ) model for items with imperfect quality based on two different holding costs and learning considerations. This is one of the few attempts aiming at combining the EOQ model, learning theory, and fuzzy technique in solving an EOQ problem. In present research, a fuzzy model is developed in which both...

The study of learning effect on inventory models with imprecise parameters is a research topic that has recently emerged. The research papers have published so far studied this aspect from a theoretical point of view and thus the literature lacks the investigation of this topic from a practical standpoint. To close this research gap, we conducted a...

This paper develops a reverse inventory model where the recoverable manufacturing process is affected by the learning theory. We propose the inclusion of the fuzzy demand rate of the serviceable products and the fuzzy collection rate of the recoverable products from customers in the total cost function of the model. Two popular defuzzification meth...

Green supply chain management (GSCM) is a subject of growing interest amongst academics and practitioners. Several studies have been conducted in the past to evaluate GSCM initiatives and investigate their strategic benefits in terms of environmental performance, financial payoffs, and competitiveness. However, the factors that should be considered...

Nowadays, the manufacturing industry is faced with the challenge to adhere to stringent environmental regulations due to the scarcity of natural resources, global warming and waste management issues. Increasing environmental concerns and awareness are the driving force which pushes manufacturers all over the world to adopt green manufacturing pract...

The highly competitive nature of the manufacturing environment requires manufacturers to consider the ultimate outcome of their green strategy adoption, focusing on those that are strategic to their environmental and business performance. Based on the Natural-Resource-Based framework, a model is proposed to analyse the total effects of green strate...

To maintain a competitive position, companies are increasingly required to integrate their proactive environmental strategies into their business strategies. The shift from reactive and compliance-based to proactive and strategic environmental management has driven companies to consider the strategic factors while identifying the areas in which the...

The questionnaire for cluster comparisons with respect to the company’s business strategy. (DOCX)

The questionnaire for comparisons with respect to company’s business strategy in external pressures cluster. (DOCX)

Pairwise comparison for the elements in cluster KR and calculation of their relative weights. (DOCX)

Pairwise comparison for the elements in cluster CA and calculation of their relative weights. (DOCX)

The questionnaire for comparisons with respect to the company’s business strategy in competitive values cluster. (DOCX)

The questionnaire for comparisons with respect to the company’s business strategy in internal resources cluster. (DOCX)

Pairwise comparison for clusters IP, CA, and KR and calculation of their relative weights. (DOCX)

Pairwise comparison for the elements in cluster IP and calculation of their relative weights. (DOCX)

Product modularity is a concept of clustering the independent components into logical units that are relatively independent to each other in functions. With the growing interest in environmental protection, the inclusion of product end of life issues during product design has been seen as a promising method to improve product utilization after its...

Design for Environment (DfE) and Design for Disassembly (DfD) have been recognized as an effective sustainable manufacturing approach to reduce environmental impact during product's life cycle. Although Malaysian manufacturers have long demonstrated a strong global market presence, the implementation of DfE and DfD among manufacturers are found lac...

Future design for the elderly is undoubtedly important for their survival to live independently in this challenging world. Therefore to realize the mentioned design, an anthropometric database for Malaysian elderly population need to be developed. A total of 107 participants took part in the study which involved 61 females and 46 males with ages ra...

In today's global business, several organizations have realized that green supply chain practices provide them with competitive benefits. In this respect, a strategically oriented view of environmental management is critical to supply chain managers. Regarding the importance of this issue, an attempt has been made to develop an integrated framework...

The link between green supply chain practices (GSCPs) and competitive advantages (CAs) is a subject of growing interest amongst academics and practitioners. Despite the theoretical arguments that environmentally conscious practices would give competitive advantages for companies, there is no consensus in empirical research concerning the positive i...

Manufacturing are now under increasing pressure of tighten environmental legislation to preserve natural resources. Product design, as a part of manufacturing activities, has to be more concern to deliver product specification with reduced environmental impact. Design for Recycling (DFR) is one of the promising approaches in prolonging material uti...

Among the important strategies in sustainable product development is by maintaining product recovery and prolonging product life which are highly dependent on the ease of disassembly. When considering the design for disassembly, there are many fastener-associated factors to be considered such as structural, disassembly process and the pre-disassemb...

Designing the right supply chain that meets the requirements of sustainable development is a significant challenge. Although there are a considerable number of studies on issues relating to sustainable supply chain design (SSCD) in terms of designing the practices, processes, and structures, they have rarely demonstrated how these components can be...

Material selection plays an important role in product design. A design demands specific material properties in order to fulfill its functional requirements and to minimize its detrimental impact on the environment. Hence, much effort has been devoted to the recyclability of a product at the end of its life during product design. It is the responsib...

Multi-material design is known as a material selection strategy used to achieve higher product performance, weight savings and cost reduction. In lightweight designs, weight reduction by using multi-materials will reduce CO2 emission and increase fuel economy, which will significantly reduce environmental impact. Owing to the importance of reducing...

User knowledge has become a performance indicator that determines the success of a business. It provides a valuable source of information for product developer to develop the specification and characteristics of a new product. Various methods have been studied to extract and integrate the user knowledge during the early stage of a design process. T...

literature proves the importance of the process role in the effectiveness of virtual research and development (R&D) teams for new product development (NPD). However, the factors that make process construct in a virtual R&D team are still unclear. The manager of virtual R&D teams for NPD does not know which items of process should be used. To addres...

Product recovery and life extension are critical activities in the cradle to cradle life cycle philosophy. These activities are very much dependent on the product’s ability to be effectively disassembled into its component or even material constituents. Among the elemental task of disassembly is fastener removal. Thus, when considering the design f...

There is a significant amount of research and empirical investigations indicating that consideration of users’ requirements and preferences has become an important issue in product design. They are also important as a valuable source of facilitating the product designer in establishing the characteristics of a new product. The aim of this study is...

Despite the growing trend by many authors to use sustainability as a keyword in their supply chain literature, the topics and contents are still limited to environmentally-conscious or green supply chain. This study takes a broad range of publications into account to highlight the differences between sustainable supply chain (SSC) and green supply...

This paper presents the results of empirical research conducted during March to September 2009. The study focused on the influence of virtual research and development teams within Malaysian manufacturing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The specific objective of the study is better understanding of the application of collaborative technol...

The number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), especially those involved with research and development (R&D) programs and employed virtual teams to create the greatest competitive advantage from limited labor are increasing. Global and localized virtual R&D teams are believed to have high potential for the growth of SMEs. Due to the fast-growin...

Manufacturers could play a major role in influencing decisions upstream and downstream in their material supply chain, which includes influencing suppliers and customers to reduce materials and waste. Manufacturers could influence both suppliers’ and customers’ practices through their own eco-design and sustainable manufacturing strategies. This pa...

At present, the existing literature shows that the factors which influence the effectiveness of virtual teams for new product development are still ambiguous. To address this problem, a research design was developed, which includes detailed literature review, preliminary model and field survey. From literature review, the factors which influence th...

Nowadays, consumers have become more selective in choosing products not only deciding based on its functionality and its value but also on its aesthetic and emotional value. Aesthetic and emotional values have thus become important aspects in the success of a product in a competitive market. Consequently, recognizing the primary parameters used to...

Problem statement: Although, literature proves the importance of the technology role in the effectiveness of virtual Research and Development (R&D) teams for new product development. However, the factors that make technology construct in a virtual R&D team are still ambiguous. The manager of virtual R&D teams for new product development does not kn...

This paper presents the results of empirical research conducted during March to September 2009. The study focused on the influence of virtual research and development (R&D) teams within Malaysian manufacturing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The specific objective of the study is better understanding of the application of collaborative t...

Automobiles are major transportation choice for society around the world. Automotive industries in many countries mostly are one of the drivers of economic growth, job creation and technology advancement. Although automotive industry gives promising return, problem of managing disposal at the end of automotive’s life is quite challenging. Automobil...

The number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), especially those involved with research and development (R&D) programs and employed virtual teams to create the greatest competitive advantage from limited labor are increasing. Global and localized virtual R&D teams are believed to have high potential for the growth of SMEs. Due to the fast-growin...

Problem statement: Although, literature proves the importance of the technology role in the effectiveness of virtual Research and Development (R&D) teams for new product development. However, the factors that make technology construct in a virtual R&D team are still ambiguous. The manager of virtual R&D teams for new product development does not kn...

At present, the existing literature shows that the factors which influence the effectiveness of virtual teams for new product development are still ambiguous. To address this problem, a research design was developed, which includes detailed literature review, preliminary model and field survey. From literature review, the factors which influence th...

The number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), especially those involved with research and development (R&D) programs and employed virtual teams to create the greatest competitive advantage from limited labor are increasing. Global and localized virtual R&D teams are believed to have high potential for the growth of SMEs. Due to the fast-growin...

Knowledge workers (KW) play an important role in the effectiveness of virtual R&D teams for new product development. A large amount of KW literature focuses at the individual level and less attention paid on virtual R&D teams with dispersed knowledge workers. From KW point of view, the factors that required for effective virtual teams are unclear....

Nowadays, product design does not only consider the " wants and needs " of users, but also how the design can be created by embedding sustainability aspects in the product. Culture is also one of the important aspects which need to be considered in product design as culture affects the way users respond to the product. This paper aims to develop a...

The purpose of this paper is to study user's involvement in new product development (NPD). It seeks to identify the factors involving user and design practices in the design process of new product development. A survey was conducted on 20 respondents consisting of designers involved in product development from various industries. The study focused...

Literature proves the importance of the role of information technology in increasing the effectiveness of virtual R&D teams’ communication for new product development. However, the factors that make information technology construct in a virtual R&D team are still ambiguous. Managers of virtual R&D teams for new product development do not know “whic...

Product design stages are important to consider critically in production. Generally, product design that shall be created by designer, should consider what the customer wants and needs. Nowadays issues, product design does not only consider the “wants and needs” of user, but also how the design can be created by embedding sustainability aspects in...

This paper presents the results of empirical research conducted during March to September 2009. The study focused on the influence of virtual research and development (R&D) teams within Malaysian manufacturing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The specific objective of the study is better understanding of the application of collaborative t...

In this paper, we present our more than two years research experiences on virtual R&D teams in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and draws conclusions, giving special attention to the structure of virtual teams required to support education-industry collaboration. We report the relevant results of an online survey study. The online question...

Virtual teams give many advantages to organizations, including increased knowledge sharing and improve organizational performance. Virtual teams have altered the expectations and boundaries of knowledge worker’s interactions and make a new opportunity to develop the business. In this paper, we present summary results of an online survey. The online...

The number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), especially those involved with research and development (R&D) programs and employed virtual teams to create the greatest competitive advantage from limited labor are increasing. Global and localized virtual R&D teams are believed to have a high potential for SMEs growth. Due to the fast growing com...

Effective use of materials is one possible component of a sustainable manufacturing strategy. There are many such strategies proposed in the literature and used in practice, with confusion over what they are, what the differences among them may be and how they can be used by practitioners in design and manufacture to improve the sustainability of t...

Manufacturers are adopting a number of strategies to improve their Material Efficiency and to reduce waste. This paper presents the study on what are the factors influencing types of strategies chosen by nine leading UK manufacturers. Qualitative methods were used for data collection and analysis. Thematic data analysis was used to allow findings g...