Improvement on Bill of Materials Formatting Process by Adopting Lean and Six Sigma Approaches - A Case Study in a Semiconductor Industry

This paper present an improvement project for the case of Bill of Materials (BOM) formatting process by adopting Lean and Six Sigma approaches. Currently, BOM formatting process involved repetitive tasks, where many of manual touches (manual computer mouse clicks), thus consumed a significant amount of time. The focus of Lean approach in this project is to identify and analyze the related wastes in the current BOM formatting process.  Several Lean tools are applied such as, Root Cause, Five Whys analysis and Value Stream Mapping (VSM) concept to analyze the problem. Six Sigma approach plays an important role to systematically carry out the improvement project based on it well known method called; Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control (DMAIC). This paper gives an insight that the right application of Lean and Six Sigma approaches will significantly helped an organization to achieve operational excellence, where in this project it happens at BOM formatting process. Through this project, the case study company has improved (reducing) the BOM processing time from average 50 to 5 minutes, while manual touches reduced from 290 to 30 touches only. Furthermore, elimination of these wastes (waiting and motion) has increase work efficiency and contributes to a significant financial savings to $1680 per month

Teaching Science and Mathematics in English Steering Mastery in English Language Amongst Sciences Students in UKM

AbstractThis study was conducted to ascertain teaching Science and Mathematics in English will enhance English proficiency amongst the science stream students in UKM. The study found that the students agreed that the teaching of Science and Mathematics in English can improve their English proficiency. The results showed that teaching Science and Mathematics in English is capable of being a driven force in mastering basic English language and communication, and also in improving the explanation of the concept of Science and Mathematics in English

Exploring the moderating effect of social intelligence on the relationship between entrepreneurial decision-making strategy and SME sustainable performance

The study reveals that causation, rather than effectuation, decision-making strategy is a more significant predictor of sustainable performance of SMEs. However, social intelligence was not found to be a significant moderator of entrepreneurial decision-making-sustainable performance relationship. The study uses data from a survey among 91 technology-based SMEs (TBS) in Malaysia and employs structural equation modelling techniques for data analysis. A new instrument to measure all three variables of entrepreneurial decision-making strategy, social intelligence, and venture performance is proposed based on adoption and adaptation of existing validated scales available in literature

Exploring the moderating effect of social intelligence on the relationship between entrepreneurial decision-making strategy and SME sustainable performance

The study reveals that causation, rather than effectuation, decision-making strategy is a more significant predictor of sustainable performance of SMEs. However, social intelligence was not found to be a significant moderator of entrepreneurial decision-making-sustainable performance relationship. The study uses data from a survey among 91 technology-based SMEs (TBS) in Malaysia and employs structural equation modelling techniques for data analysis. A new instrument to measure all three variables of entrepreneurial decision-making strategy, social intelligence, and venture performance is proposed based on adoption and adaptation of existing validated scales available in literature