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Supply Chain Responsiveness in an Asian Global Electronic Manufacturing Firm: ABX Energy (M) Veera Pandiyan Kaliani Sundram; Premkumar Rajagopal; Nur Atiqah Zahari Azar; Atikah Shamsul Bahrin; Gouri Appasamy
International Journal of Supply Chain Management Vol 7, No 2 (2018): International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM)
Publisher : International Journal of Supply Chain Management

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The purpose of this study is to scrutinize the significance of supply chain strategies - Lean and agile supply chain - as well as the strategic supplier partnership towards improving the supply chain responsiveness in ABX Energy (M). All stated strategies show a simple logic that it does give impact on manufacturing firm like ABX Energy (M). A conceptual research model is constructed in demonstrating the firm that implement a proper supply chain practices to support and execute its supply chain strategy which will boost its responsiveness on the subject matter of supply chain. The collections of primary data are collected through interview with the managers. The study is carried out on qualitative data basis, which differs it with other research on this subject which most have been in quantitative form. An Asian global company, ABX Energy (M), is selected to investigate its responsiveness towards supply chain. The results from this research shows that it will greatly benefit the firm if the strategies of their supply chain being considered thoroughly. This paper aimed to raise a research subject that previously being held mostly in quantitative form and to further overcome the shortcoming in current debate beyond any previous description mentioned.
The Role of Supply Chain Integration on Green Practices and Performance in a Supply Chain Context. A Conceptual Approach to Future Research Veera Pandiyan Kaliani Sundram; Premkumar Rajagopal; Atika Shamsul Bahrin; Geetha Subramaniam
International Journal of Supply Chain Management Vol 7, No 1 (2018): International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM)
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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the current research relationship between green supply chain management practices, supply chain integration and the manufacturing firms performances in Malaysia. Also, to improves the conceptual knowledge by compare and contrast the relationship between each dimension. The study thoroughly analyzes, reviews and explains each dimension in detail and their relationships from various previous literature perspectives. The paper is one of the first to identify and discuss conceptually the use of green supply chain management practices and supply chain integration in measuring the manufacturing performance in a single setting in a developing country.
ERP System Implementation in a Leading LED Manufacturing Firm in Malaysia. A Supply Chain Perspective Siti Noor Roseamirah Ali; Premkumar Rajagopal; Veera Pandiyan Kaliani Sundram; Shamsul Baharin Saihani; Shereen Noranee
International Journal of Supply Chain Management Vol 9, No 2 (2020): International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM)
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valuable and quality information exchange to perform their daily operations and long-term action plan. Hence, selecting and embracing the right supply chain or business management software has become essential to organization. Most Malaysian manufacturer in prefer in adopting to an enterprise resources planning (ERP) system. However, implementing ERP system successfully is costly and complex, and often shows high disappointment rates or even abandonment due to need of fit with the business or social culture. The study conducted to explore the ERP system implementation in a manufacturing-based organization from the perspective of supply chain management. The ERP system implementation could have either positive or negative affects towards organization or company in terms of performance and innovation. The empirical data were collected using in-depth interview as an instrument in a LED manufacturing company. The result confirm that data cannot be editing after done click, server down and more procedure and process are the causes of ineffective implementation of ERP system in the company. This study gives insight to all top management and supply chain practitioners in the manufacturing industry company in implementing ERP System. Furthermore, the findings of this study could also be beneficial to all ERP users as they would be able to understand the ERP system implementation in sectors apart from manufacturing industry. Finally, the outcome of this study could be useful to ERP system adopters in different developing countries. This is one of the first studies, which adequately covers the challenges faced on ERP implementation itself in a LED-manufacturing firm.