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Empirical evidence of AMT practices and sustainable environmental initiatives in malaysian automotive SMEs

This paper presents significant empirical evidence on the relationship between Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT) practices and sustainable environmental initiatives with the manufacturing capabilities of automotive SMEs in Malaysia. A cross-sectional survey is adopted in this study, which invo...

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Main Authors:	Dawal, S., Tahriri, F., Jen, Y., Case, K., Tho, N., Zuhdi, A., Mousavi, M., Amindoust, A., Sakundarini, N.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	T Technology (General) TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Online Access:	http://eprints.um.edu.my/15680/1/Empirical_evidence_of_AMT_practices_and_sustainable_environmental_initiatives.pdf http://eprints.um.edu.my/15680/ http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12541-015-0154-6
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spelling	my.um.eprints.156802016-03-09T02:45:33Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/15680/ Empirical evidence of AMT practices and sustainable environmental initiatives in malaysian automotive SMEs Dawal, S. Tahriri, F. Jen, Y. Case, K. Tho, N. Zuhdi, A. Mousavi, M. Amindoust, A. Sakundarini, N. T Technology (General) TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery This paper presents significant empirical evidence on the relationship between Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT) practices and sustainable environmental initiatives with the manufacturing capabilities of automotive SMEs in Malaysia. A cross-sectional survey is adopted in this study, which involves 83 Malaysian automotive SMEs. Two hypotheses are proposed in this study, i.e. Hypothesis 1: There are positive effects of AMT practices on the manufacturing capabilities of SMEs and Hypothesis 2: There are positive effects of sustainable environmental initiatives on the manufacturing capabilities of SMEs. The results obtained from the pairwise correlation analysis indicate that both AMT practices and sustainable environmental initiatives have positive effects on manufacturing capabilities, which support both hypotheses. In addition, it is found that 50 of the SMEs implement AMT for flexibility and cost reduction in the past five years. It is also found that more than 80 sustainable practices are adopted in most of the SMEs with the exception of Life Cycle Assessment. Based on the findings, there is a need to move forward into the hybrid approach, which will consider both AMT practices and environmental initiatives to ensure that SMEs remain competitive and become the world player in the automotive industry. 2015-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/15680/1/Empirical_evidence_of_AMT_practices_and_sustainable_environmental_initiatives.pdf Dawal, S. and Tahriri, F. and Jen, Y. and Case, K. and Tho, N. and Zuhdi, A. and Mousavi, M. and Amindoust, A. and Sakundarini, N. (2015) Empirical evidence of AMT practices and sustainable environmental initiatives in malaysian automotive SMEs. International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing, 16 (6). pp. 1195-1203. ISSN 2234-7593 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12541-015-0154-6 10.1007/s12541-015-0154-6
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topic	T Technology (General) TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
spellingShingle	T Technology (General) TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Dawal, S. Tahriri, F. Jen, Y. Case, K. Tho, N. Zuhdi, A. Mousavi, M. Amindoust, A. Sakundarini, N. Empirical evidence of AMT practices and sustainable environmental initiatives in malaysian automotive SMEs
description	This paper presents significant empirical evidence on the relationship between Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT) practices and sustainable environmental initiatives with the manufacturing capabilities of automotive SMEs in Malaysia. A cross-sectional survey is adopted in this study, which involves 83 Malaysian automotive SMEs. Two hypotheses are proposed in this study, i.e. Hypothesis 1: There are positive effects of AMT practices on the manufacturing capabilities of SMEs and Hypothesis 2: There are positive effects of sustainable environmental initiatives on the manufacturing capabilities of SMEs. The results obtained from the pairwise correlation analysis indicate that both AMT practices and sustainable environmental initiatives have positive effects on manufacturing capabilities, which support both hypotheses. In addition, it is found that 50 of the SMEs implement AMT for flexibility and cost reduction in the past five years. It is also found that more than 80 sustainable practices are adopted in most of the SMEs with the exception of Life Cycle Assessment. Based on the findings, there is a need to move forward into the hybrid approach, which will consider both AMT practices and environmental initiatives to ensure that SMEs remain competitive and become the world player in the automotive industry.
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author	Dawal, S. Tahriri, F. Jen, Y. Case, K. Tho, N. Zuhdi, A. Mousavi, M. Amindoust, A. Sakundarini, N.
author_facet	Dawal, S. Tahriri, F. Jen, Y. Case, K. Tho, N. Zuhdi, A. Mousavi, M. Amindoust, A. Sakundarini, N.
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title	Empirical evidence of AMT practices and sustainable environmental initiatives in malaysian automotive SMEs
title_short	Empirical evidence of AMT practices and sustainable environmental initiatives in malaysian automotive SMEs
title_full	Empirical evidence of AMT practices and sustainable environmental initiatives in malaysian automotive SMEs
title_fullStr	Empirical evidence of AMT practices and sustainable environmental initiatives in malaysian automotive SMEs
title_full_unstemmed	Empirical evidence of AMT practices and sustainable environmental initiatives in malaysian automotive SMEs
title_sort	empirical evidence of amt practices and sustainable environmental initiatives in malaysian automotive smes
publishDate	2015
url	http://eprints.um.edu.my/15680/1/Empirical_evidence_of_AMT_practices_and_sustainable_environmental_initiatives.pdf http://eprints.um.edu.my/15680/ http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12541-015-0154-6
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Empirical evidence of AMT practices and sustainable environmental initiatives in malaysian automotive SMEs

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