Supply chain collaboration among Malaysian SME manufacturers

Malaysian 3rd Industrial Master Plan was developed to improve the country global competitiveness by positioning Malaysia as a major manufacturing hub and service provider in the global supply chain. To achieve this, it is suggested that Malaysian manufacturers especially SME should be involved in...

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Main Author:	Pakir Mohamed, Mohamed Ismail
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	HD Industries Land use Labor
Online Access:	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1962/1/24p%20MOHAMED%20EMHEMED%20ABDURRAHIM.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1962/2/MOHAMED%20EMHEMED%20ABDURRAHIM%20COPYRIGHT%20DECLARATION.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1962/3/MOHAMED%20EMHEMED%20ABDURRAHIM%20WATERMARK.pdf
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spelling	my-uthm-ep.19622021-10-14T05:44:53Z Supply chain collaboration among Malaysian SME manufacturers 2012-10 Pakir Mohamed, Mohamed Ismail HD Industries. Land use. Labor HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management Malaysian 3rd Industrial Master Plan was developed to improve the country global competitiveness by positioning Malaysia as a major manufacturing hub and service provider in the global supply chain. To achieve this, it is suggested that Malaysian manufacturers especially SME should be involved in supply chain collaboration in their business operations. However, it is discovered that there are very few reported research on the supply chain collaboration activities among Malaysian SME manufacturers. The objective of this research is to uncover the supply chain collaboration activities among Malaysian SME manufacturers with their trading partners. This is to be done by determining the level of supply chain collaboration of Malaysian SME manufacturer and investigating the reason Malaysian SME manufacturers supply chain collaborations is at that level. In order to achieve the above objective, a mixed method of quantitative approach using survey method is employed to determine the level of supply chain collaboration and qualitative approach using personal interview method is employed to find out the reason for why Malaysian SME manufacturers’ supply chain collaboration is at that level. This research discovered that the supply chain collaboration of Malaysian SME manufactures with their trading partners is at minimal level. This is due to their current business relationship that they have with their trading partners do not required them to collaborate at higher level. On the other hand, Malaysian SME manufacturer are willing to have a high level of supply chain collaboration if long term business relationship could be established. Therefore, it is concluded that the type of business relationship or cooperation with trading partners can determine level of supply chain collaboration. 2012-10 Thesis http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1962/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1962/1/24p%20MOHAMED%20EMHEMED%20ABDURRAHIM.pdf text en public http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1962/2/MOHAMED%20EMHEMED%20ABDURRAHIM%20COPYRIGHT%20DECLARATION.pdf text en staffonly http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1962/3/MOHAMED%20EMHEMED%20ABDURRAHIM%20WATERMARK.pdf text en validuser mphil masters Universiti Tun Hussein Malaysia Fakulti Pengurusan Teknologi dan Perniagaan
institution	Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
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description	Malaysian 3rd Industrial Master Plan was developed to improve the country global competitiveness by positioning Malaysia as a major manufacturing hub and service provider in the global supply chain. To achieve this, it is suggested that Malaysian manufacturers especially SME should be involved in supply chain collaboration in their business operations. However, it is discovered that there are very few reported research on the supply chain collaboration activities among Malaysian SME manufacturers. The objective of this research is to uncover the supply chain collaboration activities among Malaysian SME manufacturers with their trading partners. This is to be done by determining the level of supply chain collaboration of Malaysian SME manufacturer and investigating the reason Malaysian SME manufacturers supply chain collaborations is at that level. In order to achieve the above objective, a mixed method of quantitative approach using survey method is employed to determine the level of supply chain collaboration and qualitative approach using personal interview method is employed to find out the reason for why Malaysian SME manufacturers’ supply chain collaboration is at that level. This research discovered that the supply chain collaboration of Malaysian SME manufactures with their trading partners is at minimal level. This is due to their current business relationship that they have with their trading partners do not required them to collaborate at higher level. On the other hand, Malaysian SME manufacturer are willing to have a high level of supply chain collaboration if long term business relationship could be established. Therefore, it is concluded that the type of business relationship or cooperation with trading partners can determine level of supply chain collaboration.
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qualification_name	Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
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author	Pakir Mohamed, Mohamed Ismail
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author_sort	Pakir Mohamed, Mohamed Ismail
title	Supply chain collaboration among Malaysian SME manufacturers
title_short	Supply chain collaboration among Malaysian SME manufacturers
title_full	Supply chain collaboration among Malaysian SME manufacturers
title_fullStr	Supply chain collaboration among Malaysian SME manufacturers
title_full_unstemmed	Supply chain collaboration among Malaysian SME manufacturers
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granting_institution	Universiti Tun Hussein Malaysia
granting_department	Fakulti Pengurusan Teknologi dan Perniagaan
publishDate	2012
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Supply chain collaboration among Malaysian SME manufacturers

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