Good governance for sustainable halal business in Malaysia

Undeniably, law provide many good mechanisms for many areas in humans’ life activities. Specifically, one of such good mechanisms is good governance. In these few years back, the government of Malaysia seems to be very concern in strengthening the pillars of good governance in many areas and portfolios of government transformation plan. For sure, many initiatives have been taken by the government in ensuring better development of economics fields through implementation of good governance. Halal business indeed is not excluded to be part of the said transformation in the sense that principles of good governance are good parameters to practise in order to enhance the quality and sustainable development of halal business. This paper explores conceptual arguments on principles of good governance and discusses on how good governance can play its role in strengthening governance of halal business in Malaysia. The paper concludes that practice of good governance within halal business management can really contribute towards enhancement the quality and sustainable development of halal business in this country

Increasing Production and Eliminating Waste through Lean Tools and Techniques for Halal Food Companies

Major businesses around the world have been trying to reduce the total cost and wastes across their supply chain to remain competitive in the expanding global market. Hence, a collection of reliable tools and techniques are vital for decreasing costs and wastes and for providing effective services for customer demands. Given that lean concept attempts to decrease costs and wastes, this study aims to identify the effective lean tools required for eliminating wastes in the supply chain. Because of the large number of consumers and the global market of Halal products, this study focuses on Halal food supply chains. Out of the questionnaires distributed to 300 Halal food firms in Malaysia, only 61 usable replies were obtained. The results showed that demand collaboration, continuous improvement, and inventory management practices are the most important tools in Lean Supply Chain (LSC) implementation. In addition, the results indicated that only a small percentage of Halal food companies are implementing LSC. Malaysia is an important Halal food producer in the word, but has low level of LSC implementation among its Halal food producers. LSC is a new concept that needs more effort to be understood and implemented

Jurisdiction and prosecution of halal related matters in Malaysia: challenges and prospects

Malaysia is planning to be a global halal hub country in the near future. However, it must be noted that administration of halal related matters in this country is yet to be an efficient one especially when it comes to legal issues of prosecution and jurisdiction. This paper explores the conceptual arguments of the two legal issues particularly its challenges and prospects in strengthening halal related matters in the country. This conceptual paper highlights factors that could improve the jurisdiction and prosecution of halal related matters in the country

The impact of consumption value on consumer behaviour: A case study of halal-certified food supplies

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of halal concern as well as emotional and epistemic values on consumer behaviour in the choice and purchase of halal-certified food supplies. Design/methodology/approach: This study used a quantitative methodology of convenience sampling to collect survey data from 1,550 Muslim respondents in Malaysia. It also employed multiple regressions by covariance-based structural equation modelling in the data analysis as well as in the validation of the proposed model. Findings: The empirical results showed that the importance of halal certification had the highest impact on consumer choice behaviour, particularly in the purchase of halal-certified food supplies. Also, epistemic and emotional values were both statistically significant in terms of their influence on the consumer decision-making process. Research limitations/implications: The results emphasize the importance of enhancing the hedonic (halal concern and emotional value) aspect as a way for the halal food industries to obtain an added value advantage for their products and services. Originality/value: This paper is the first to employ an empirical approach to consider the halal sentiment as a determinant of consumer purchasing behaviour in the context of halal-certified food supplies. © 2019, Emerald Publishing Limited

Project management: should lawyers learn it?

The majority of the project management literature focusing on the manufacturing, civil and industrial management process but very few have analyzed the important of the project management for lawyers. The aim of this paper is to shed some light on the project management course to the lawyers. We try to open the 'black box' by combining the manufacturing principles into the legal services industry that will help sustaining the legal profession in the future. This paper highlights the practicality of project management courses for the lawyer as the mechanism for managing their business and handling case from their client. However, the literature on project management for lawyers is incoherent, even inchoate and lacks theoretical models that reflect upon particular context of the legal industry. This paper suggests that there is still needs more research done to get a deep understanding about this issue