The influence of Flexible Manufacturing Technology adoption on productivity of Malaysian manufacturing industry

Dolage, Don Ajith Rohana; Sade, Abu Bakar; Ahmed, Elsadig Musa

doi:10.1016/j.econmod.2009.10.005

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“…Investment in technology does improve efficiency (Jamieson, 1996). Investment in flexible manufacturing technology within the Malaysian manufacturing industry, for example, has been proven to significantly improved productivity (Dolage, Sade & Elsadig 2010). The technology for checkout stations keeps on changing (Health and Safety Executive Books, 1998).…”

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Self-service Technology for Hypermarket Checkout Stations

Hassan¹,

Sade²,

Rahman³

2013

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The self-service technology innovation in hypermarket retailing has led to the shopping activity being served by the shopper themselves without relying on any service provider. However, this concept is still not implemented in Malaysia where the self-service concept is still supported by the service provider at the checkout station. This paper is suggesting that a new innovation should be implemented in the Malaysian hypermarket retailing industry by adopting self-service technology at the hypermarket checkout station. This research is developed based on observation conducted at various hypermarket retailing outlets within Malaysia. The findings from the general literature reviews are also gathered to strengthen the existing idea. The focus of this research is on the hypermarket retailing industry within Malaysia, especially in urban areas. Due to the modernization of the shopping trend, it is suggested that the timing might be right to explore implementing the concept of entirely self-service at hypermarkets in Malaysia to enhance the flow efficiency and effectiveness of the checkout operations. It is strongly believed that the introduction of this completely self-service shopping experience will be highly adopted, especially by the young generation in urban areas. This research explores the opportunity to enhance hypermarket retailing operations by upgrading the existing manual checkout station into self-service checkout stations using modern technology. It is expected that the idea for a totally self-service checkout system could be implemented in practice through the robust findings from this research.

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Section: Self-service Technology At Checkout Stationsmentioning

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Self-service Technology for Hypermarket Checkout Stations

Hassan¹,

Sade²,

Rahman³

2013

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“…Higher productivity gains can be expected in the presence of oligopolistic competition. Therefore, researchers include average plant size or firm size in TE models to take account of such effects: Chandrasiri [26], Amato and Amato [17] and McGuckin [27]. However, the direction of the link is ambiguous.…”

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“…However, the direction of the link is ambiguous. In two separate studies, Amato and Amato [17] and Round [28] have incorporated FSIZE in their PCM model to account for the entry barriers. In this study, FSIZE was measured as the average firm size of the eight largest firms in each industry.…”

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“…Amato and Amato [17], Dolage and Sade [18] have investigated the impact of high-tech or FMT investments on Price Cost Margin. This study established that there was a positive impact from high-tech investments regardless of whether or not the specification includes industry effects dummy variables to account for the differences in technological opportunity among industries.…”

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A Frontier Approach to Measuring Impact of Adoption of Flexible Manufacturing Technology on Technical Efficiency of Malaysian Manufacturing Industry

Dolage¹,

Sade²

2012

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This paper examines the impact of the adoption of Flexible Manufacturing Technology (FMT) on the Technical Efficiency of Malaysia Manufacturing Industry. Owing to the potential multicollinearity, the Principal Component Analysis has been adopted to extract the most appropriate underlying dimensions of FMT in an effort to substitute the eight FMT variables. The study has been conducted within FMT intensively adopted 16 three-digit industries that encompass 50 five-digit industries covering the years 2000-2005. The results obtained from the two situations, one, including the industry fixed effects dummy variables and the other without these, are contrasted. It is found that the model that included the industry fixed effect dummy variables possesses a greater explanatory power. The two principal components that account for the greater variation in FMT show positive and moderately significant relationship with TE. The study concludes with sufficient evidence that FMT has a direct and moderately significant relationship with TE

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“…The contributions of every sector are really important to generate a stable economy towards the glorious nation. The food industries in Malaysia had vast growth and contributed to the economy improvement of the country as food is necessity for the human beings [1]. In the food manufacturing sector, the health of the employee may be exposed to the hazards such as the work-related musculoskeletal disorder.…”

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Ergonomics study for workers at food production industry

Fazi¹,

Mohamed²,

Rashid³

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Abstract. The health constraint faced by production workers affects the quality of the work. The productivity of the workers is affected by the Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorder (WMSD) which limits the movement of the workers. The comfort workplace condition, known as ergonomic environment is important to prevent the occurrence of the WMSD. Proper ergonomic workplace considers the condition of the workers while doing the assigned work. The objectives of this study are to identify the current problems related to ergonomic in food production process, to analyse the actual production data by using Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) and Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) and to recommend the ergonomic workplace environment based on the condition of the study. The study was done at a Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) food production company in the Klang Valley of Malaysia. The condition of the workers affects the productivity of the company due to workers' health deficiency. From the findings, the workers are exposed to the awkward postures which leads to the Work-Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs). Besides, the best height of the worker at the study area (critical area) to prevent the worker from WMSDs is within 155 cm to 160 cm. The results show that the workers are exposed to the WMSD in different level of risks which causes high absenteeism among the workers.

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The influence of Flexible Manufacturing Technology adoption on productivity of Malaysian manufacturing industry

Cited by 13 publications

References 21 publications

Self-service Technology for Hypermarket Checkout Stations

Self-service Technology for Hypermarket Checkout Stations

A Frontier Approach to Measuring Impact of Adoption of Flexible Manufacturing Technology on Technical Efficiency of Malaysian Manufacturing Industry

Ergonomics study for workers at food production industry

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