Veera Pandiyan Kaliani Sundram

Universiti Teknologi MARA | UiTM · Faculty of Business Management

Background: The expansion of oil palm agriculture across the nations, especially in countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia, is growing at exacerbated levels. However, there is still a lack of awareness of the environmental, social, and economic challenges among the sector, ranging from the combination of ecological, economic, and ecosystem sustai...

This study aims to explore the impact of the North American market indices against the movement of the stock prices within the technology sector in Bursa Malaysia. The research was motivated by the problem statement where the research identifies the validity of the concept to verify the presence of the relationship between the technology stock pric...

As blockchain technology is continuously evolving, questions arise regarding the possible risk of implementing blockchain technology in Supply Chain Management (SCM). Prominent among these concerns is the risk that may negatively influence SCM and consider the potential solution to managing the risk. This study adopted an integrative review method....

Background: As the Internet of Things (IoT) has become more prevalent in recent years, digital twins have attracted a lot of attention. A digital twin is a virtual representation that replicates a physical object or process over a period of time. These tools directly assist in reducing the manufacturing and supply chain lead time to produce a lean,...

Background: Digital and smart supply chains are reforming the food chain to help eliminate waste, improve food safety, and reduce the possibility of a global food catastrophe. The globe currently faces numerous food-related issues, ranging from a lack of biodiversity to excessive waste, and from ill health caused by excessive consumption to widespr...

The recent technological inclusions in supply chains are encouraging practitioners to continuously rethink and redesign these supply chains. Organizations are trying to implement sustainable manufacturing and supply chain practices to utilize their resources to the full extent in order to gain a competitive advantage. Circular supply chain manageme...

The increased awareness of the impact of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and consumption of fossil fuels on the environment has led to world-wide research focused on sustainable transportation solutions. University campuses are one of the affected environments involved in this issue as a high dependency on private vehicles causes’ traffic congestion...

The purpose of this article is to measure the difference between Bahraini men and women in terms of their habits of online shopping and determine factors affecting their buying decision. The researchers adopted a technology acceptance model (TAM) as a research conceptual framework. A questionnaire was developed and distributed randomly to a sample...

This paper aims to explore the warehouse operations measurement with the deployment of the Warehouse Management System of Hypermarket retailers in Malaysia. The warehouse operations measurement is vital for the organisation that manages the total distribution network in hypermarket retailers. A qualitative research approach to be adopted in conduct...

This study aims to explore the significant benefits gained from the implementation of the Warehouse Management System in 3rd Party Logistics Service Provider. A qualitative research approach been adopted by conducting an in-depth case study in one of Halal third-party logistics (3PLs) company located in central Malaysia, offering most of the logist...

Telecommunication industry has begun to appreciate and embrace Lean Six Sigma (LSS) not only to improve organisation productivity but also to enhance supply chain performance. The aim of this study is to survey which critical success factor (CSFs) of Lean Six Sigma that were could lead to better supply chain performance which eventually increases t...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine whether Bahraini individuals accept e-health system and the prominent factors affecting e-health system adoption in Bahrain. Design/methodology/approach: The authors adopted a quantitative and qualitative approach, i.e., a self-administered questionnaire, unstructured and a semi-structured intervi...

The purpose of this article is to measure the difference between Bahraini men and women in terms of their habits of online shopping and determine factors affecting their buying decision. The researchers adopted a technology acceptance model (TAM) as a research conceptual framework. A questionnaire was developed and distributed randomly to a sample...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain the relationship between supply chain information management, supply chain information system (IS) infrastructure, supply chain integration and the manufacturing performance of firms in manufacturing industry in Malaysia. Therefore, the study addresses a gap in research concerning the effect of suppl...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the current research relationship between green supply chain management practices, supply chain integration and the manufacturing firm's performances in Malaysia. Also, to improves the conceptual knowledge by compare and contrast the relationship between each dimension. The study thoroughly analyzes, revi...

The purpose of this study is to scrutinize the significance of supply chain strategies - Lean and agile supply chain - as well as the strategic supplier partnership towards improving the supply chain responsiveness in Abx Energy (M). All stated strategies show a simple logic that it does give impact on manufacturing firm like Abx Energy (M). A conc...

Understanding the revolution in demographic behavior and personality of Malaysian workers should have more concentration and awareness from all levels such as academicals unit, employers, employees, and policy makers. Echo Boomers are defined as the young generation (Gen Y), and set to be the future hope and talent in ensuring high performance and...

Enthusiastic and passionate of the young generation to work in team brought intra-generational conflict between young and older generation. The differences make challenges to collaborative, un-utilization skill and not trust to each other. All of these constraints drives young generation to active participate in diversity or team members. There wer...

Retail businesses have become more challenging owing to the external and internal forces due to the ever evolving nature of the environment. Various measures are being taken to address the need to manage cost. The supply chain factors must not be ignored as the entire link along the retail supply chain play vital roles. This article is an attempt a...

The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between green supply chain management practices towards environmental and operational performances among Malaysian manufacturing firms. The research design for this study employs quantitative method using survey questionnaires which was developed based on a thorough review of relevant liter...

Through websites, all information pertaining to NPOs can be easily accessed by their stakeholders and they can use the information to make informed decisions. The focus of this study intends to compare the level of web-disclosure between Malaysian and Singaporean NPOs. Besides that, this study examine whether there is an association between organis...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to employ a newly developed framework to examine the complex relationship between different components of supply chain practices, supply chain integration (SCI) and supply chain performance (SCP) in the Malaysian electronics sector. Design/methodology/approach – This study utilizes survey data of 156 electron...

The main aim of this paper is to contribute to our understanding of traditional procurement and electronic procurement process. Through the study of the literature, this paper concentrates on the traditional procurement and e-procurement from the perspectives of its definitions, tools and benefits. Considering the apparent shift from traditional pr...

This paper examines whether the supply chain integration, just-in-time (JIT) purchasing and JIT manufacturing could impact on the logistics performance of suppliers in the automobile industry in Malaysia. An empirical study was conducted in the Malaysia Automobile Industry and the theoretical model was tested using regression analysis. Data were co...

The purpose of this study is to verify the significance of supply chain strategies (lean and agile supply chain, strategic supplier partnership and postponement) on achieving supply chain responsiveness. By applying the strategic-choice theory and the resource-based view of firms to the supply chain, this study has attempted to develop a research m...

Malaysian construction industry is one of the key economic sectors that has a significant contribution on national economic development with a steady contribution around 3-5% towards Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the past 20 years. However, despite its growth and contribution to the GDP, this fragmented sector has a poor coordination among its p...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to establish a link between marketing resources, procurement process coordination (PPC) and firm performance. To allow for greater understanding in the field of supply chain management, the present study looked into the coordination between the construction firms and their main building materials suppliers. D...

Logistics management is known for its complexity, dynamics and uncertainty. The advent of rapid technology development, intense business competition and changing customer needs and requirements, has forced companies to reshape their business model and strategies. Numerous new terms such as Global Supply Chain, Third Party Logistics, Green Logistics...

Purpose – Researchers have been focusing on the predictors of expatriates adjustment and job performance at different levels (individual level, organizational level, and societal level) but still some of the predictors have been ignored or unclear in the expatriate literature. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of personality trait...

The purpose of this study was to test and redefine the measurement of supply chain integration practices in the manufacturing industry in Malaysia as a developing country. The study employed a survey method where data collection was done through a questionnaire composed of supply chain integration dimensions; internal integration and external integ...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to highlight the importance of selected environmental, situational and individual factors in the training transfer process. Design/methodology/approach – This study proposes and tests a framework via structural equation modelling by including supervisor and peer support, instrumentality and learner readiness...

In 21st century, organizations continuously expanding their business in the global market and to achieve their desired goals they mostly depend on diverse workforce. Gender diversity in workforce can bring fruitful results in organizational development if the managers provide equal employment opportunities to male and female candidates. Unfortunate...