Determining Management Factors Of Overall Equipment Efficiency In Selected Malaysian Public Universities

Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) is a fundamental method of measuring the equipment performance tool for bringing maintenance and engineering to address the higher level of organizational performance. Determining management factors of OEE in this study is to enhance the machining performance in the engineering laboratories at the selected Malaysian public university. Nowadays, the management of the capital equipment is regarded as moderately viewed and based on the existing rules of asset management. However, an understanding of the overall management of laboratory management still does not have the importance factor including the administrative management system of laboratory equipment such as the training program of technical staff, capital equipment management, equipment maintenance and reliability engineering management without seeing the further machining performance. The engineering expert opinions was accounted and consistently agreed that the determination of the capital equipment performance should be established to define the significance of evaluating the performance of equipment in Malaysian higher learning institutions. Acting in accordance from the expert, a study of determining the direction of the equipment performance benchmarking is needed. Therefore, beginning the stage of this research is conducted for the purpose of determined the relationship between the Capital Equipment Management Factor (CEMF) and OEE in university perspective. The research methods used throughout this research were quantitative methods with two methods applied. The first method is the calculating the OEE performance ratios of twenty-five selected lathe machine in the engineering laboratory of the Malaysian public universities. The second method conducts a survey questionnaire with face-to-face to answer the all questions provided. The respondents are comprised of experienced technical staff with more than five years working in the management of laboratory equipment. There are six factors of CEMF were identified which included General Organizational Management, Departmental Organizational Management, Technical Training Program, Capital Equipment Management, Maintenance Management, and Reliability Engineering Management. Survey data was analyzed through the statistical method of analysis using SPSS version 23.0 to determine the normality of data, the reliability of the question asked, Spearman correlation and hypothesis testing. The methodological tool of Spearman correlation was used to analyze the correlation relationship between the CEMF and Individual Perceiveness and OEE performance. Therefore, the findings of this study presented the correlation test for each factor of CEMF was correlated with Individual Perceiveness. Meanwhile, the null hypothesis tested was denied and the alternate hypothesis tested shown the positive and acceptable result. It showed the relationship between the CEMF with Individual Perceiveness and OEE was inter-correlated

Technology development process and managing uncertainties with sustainable competetive advantage approach

The main purpose of this research work is to assist the decision-making process which is related to technology and knowledge factor within an organization. The data has been gathered and analysed from a particular multinational company that operates in the ceramic manufacturing industry within Malaysia. Four respondents were sought to answer the sense-and-respond questionnaire, including the part on technology sharing. The priority among technology types, including basic, core, and spearhead was decided by the maximum coefficient of the variance. The work has two main contributions: 1. It proposes and validates a tool for decisions and strategies related to technology focus in firms, and 2. expands the notion of technology types from focusing only on product development to one that focuses on both product and process development. The results of the study show that the proposed model which was previously applied in high tech start-ups and local medium-size enterprises is applicable in large industries involved in mass production.fi=vertaisarvioitu|en=peerReviewed

The Readiness of Automotive Manufacturing Company on Industrial 4.0 Towards Quality Performance

This research is focusing on analyzing readiness of automotive manufacturing firm on Industry 4.0 towards quality performance. In the era of globalization, most manufacturing firms all over the world are constantly looking for ways to increase productivity. The manufacturing industry is mainly faced with the problem of Industry 4.0’s awareness and implementation. Top and middle management of DRB-HICOM Automotive manufacturing firm from all departments have been selected as a sample study. The questionnaire has been used to get the feedback from top and middle management about readiness of Industry 4.0. There are three main objectives that were assessing the level of firm’s characteristics, determining the level of Industry 4.0 readiness for DRB-HICOM Automotive manufacturing company, namely via variables of Applied Technology, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber Physical System (CPS) and determining the relationship between the Industry 4.0 and quality performance. Quantitative method was used in this research which incoperates the distribution of 96 questionnaires to the respondents involving DRB-HICOM Automotive manufacturing firm. In terms of conducting the required data analysis, Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 22 was used. Result shows that all related constructs have a significant yet strong relationship between Industry 4.0 and quality performance. It is hoped that this initial Industry 4.0 work will help to spur future research about implementation of Industry 4.0, across the boards among many industrial sectors

The impacts of NPD characteristics on innovation market performance and its survival: the mediating role of collaboration

While collaboration has been acknowledged as pertinent to the success of innovation product commercialization, the collaborative effort between the innovation recipient firm and the innovators remains limited.Besides,one of the central questions is how and under what condition the two parties are more likely to engage in a resilient collaborative effort, from the perspective of innovation recipient firms remain unclear.This new perspective requires an understanding of the relationships among new product Development (NPD) characteristics, collaboration, and product innovation market performance and survival within the context of technology transfer. In this paper, we employed transactional cost economic (TCE) theory to explain the relationships between NPD characteristics (innovation uncertainty and asset specificity) and collaboration,and the mediation effect of collaboration on the relationships between NPD and performance. Based on the response o 104 product innovation recipient firms, our findings suggest a positive relationship between NPD characteristics and, collaboration and market performance and innovation survival.This study revealed that consistent with TCE theory, NPD characteristics influence the pattern of ollaborationbetween the innovation recipient firms and the innovator, acted as an effort to reduce transactional risks. Our findings also concluded that collaboration mediates the relationship between NPD characteristics and market performance and innovation survival

Comparative Study of Product Quality Perception between Malaysian and Non-Malaysian Electrical Appliance among Tertiary Students

The high quality of a product is much demanded by consumers today. However, it is difficult to understand the perceptions of consumers towards product quality. Thus, this study intends to identify the relationships between brand and nine product quality dimensions as well as to compare the difference in quality perception between Malaysian and Non-Malaysian electrical appliances amongst Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia students. This is a quantitative study. Nine research hypotheses were examined while considering the nine dimensions of product quality (performance, features, conformance, durability, reliability, serviceability, aesthetics, perceived quality, and environmentally friendly) which were believed to affect the consumers' perceptions of product quality. In this study, the respondents were students from the Faculty of Technology Management and Business, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. The data were analysed by using SPSS software. The result reveals that only two quality dimensions, i.e. feature and serviceability were significantly correlated with the brand. Besides that, four quality dimensions, i.e. performance, features, aesthetics, and perceived quality had a significant difference in quality perceptions between Malaysian and Non-Malaysian electrical appliances. The result of this study will help to provide guidance and information for future research in the field of electronics

Green Lean Practices towards Increasing Operation Value of Manufacturing Company

Nowadays, manufacturing industries are rapidly developing. However the constraints faced by today's producers are how to produce their products quickly through low costs while at the same time, the reduction of waste disposal in the environment. The high waste of time in the manufacturing industry is often attributed to the wastage that occurred in the company’s operations. Lean manufacturing is linked for improving the standard working. It is one of the production strategies that drive the industry towards a more efficient production of goods and services. Meanwhile, green manufacturing has been adopted as a requirement to achieve a minimal negative impact on the environment. The green lean is a concept to make sure system more efficient, reduce unwanted product releases and minimize the environmental impact. So, the main objective of this research is to reduce cycle time in manufacturing company by adopting green lean elements. This research focuses on furniture manufacturing and conducted a structural interview question, observation and time study method. To refine those time operation problems, the company had implemented the new green lean practices into the operation department. The results after implement these methods totally show an improved progress. The paper would help the manufacturer to organize and improve their company performance. In conclusion, this research is about to identify and reduce the time waste to improve the operation value of the manufacturing company while at the same time it would reduce the environmental impact in future

The Impact of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) as Mediator between Total Quality Management (TQM) and Business Performance

Total quality management (TQM) is importance management tool for every industry to compete in global market. However, based on previous TQM literature reported that ambiguous or mixed relationship between TQM and business performance and lack of examining moderator and mediator in previous work. Furthermore, there lack of study of Total preventive maintenance (TPM) as mediator. Therefore, it is important to obtain successful TQM paradigm. TPM acted as a prominent paradigm to improve the manufacturing performance to gain further competitive advantage. TPM focused on trying to on-going and minimize the error of production; Maintenance emphasize on maintain autonomously, equipment by production workers, in good condition. Hence, the purpose of this study is to mediator effect of TPM between TQM and business performance. Based on Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) and the foreign companies’ directory list in Malaysia, 1500 companies have been selected for final survey. Of the 1500 surveys, 327 surveys, which were equivalent to 21.8% response rate, were returned. The result shows that TPM has been proved as partial mediator between TQM and business performance with indirect effect 0.25. The result will help manufacturing companies in improving TQM practices through TPM as mediator to compete in global market

The Impact of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) as Mediator between Total Quality Management (TQM) and Business Performance

Total quality management (TQM) is importance management tool for every industry to compete in global market. However, based on previous TQM literature reported that ambiguous or mixed relationship between TQM and business performance and lack of examining moderator and mediator in previous work. Furthermore, there lack of study of Total preventive maintenance (TPM) as mediator. Therefore, it is important to obtain successful TQM paradigm. TPM acted as a prominent paradigm to improve the manufacturing performance to gain further competitive advantage. TPM focused on trying to on-going and minimize the error of production; Maintenance emphasize on maintain autonomously, equipment by production workers, in good condition. Hence, the purpose of this study is to mediator effect of TPM between TQM and business performance. Based on Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) and the foreign companies’ directory list in Malaysia, 1500 companies have been selected for final survey. Of the 1500 surveys, 327 surveys, which were equivalent to 21.8% response rate, were returned. The result shows that TPM has been proved as partial mediator between TQM and business performance with indirect effect 0.25. The result will help manufacturing companies in improving TQM practices through TPM as mediator to compete in global market

Exploring The Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) In An Industrial Manufacturing Plant

This study intended to apply Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) as a performance measurement tool to measure the effectiveness and performance of the machines in the selected manufacturing plant. For the purpose of this study, three machines were selected from the manufacturing plant. Apart from this, the issues and factors affecting the OEE figures were discussed as part of the findings. A case study approach was chosen to conduct the study. This study employed quantitative method to conduct the analysis part of the study where empirical data will be computed to provide typical information for decision making. The primary findings of this study were the possible factors that dominantly affect the equipment effectiveness in the selected manufacturing plant. These findings were used to serve as a guideline to improve the existing problem for the selected machines. Ultimately, it was recommended that the selected manufacturing plant employs OEE as their primary performance measurement tool

Exploring Overall Equipment Efficiency Model of Laboratory Capital Equipments in Malaysian Public Universities

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) began to be recognized as a fundamental method for measuring plant performance in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was a period that saw the emergence of serious big company maintenance benchmarking, the introduction of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) in United State of America and the founding of the Society for Maintenance Reliability Professionals. At first, OEE was closely bound to TPM and often was seen as a defining measurement for winning the TPM Prize. Recognizing OEE as an effective productivity management metric is one thing, using it effectively is another, as many practitioners have found out. In this research, accurately survived to develop a practical how to approach to using OEE which lays out in Overall Equipment Effectiveness to Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) whereas participating of quality performance and organizational management elements could be involved in creating an integration measurement model of OEE for identify the performance efficiency of the high capital equipment purchased in public universities in Malaysia. The methodologies of this research will be proposed to conducting interviews with the experienced respondents among department head, instructor, lecturer and technicians in public universities, searching the related topic literatures, white papers, technical papers, conference proceedings, web pages or even communicate to the personnel in selected public universities in Malaysia. The potential research finding is to develop a new OEE measurement model of laboratory capital equipment in public universities towards proper managing the technology of capital equipment consist utilization, performance and quality management