Mat Yamin, Fadhilah and Hami, Norsiah and Mohd Shafie, Shafini and Muhamad, Mohd Razali and Abdul-Aziz, Shahrun Nizam (2020) Sustainable manufacturing practice: Knowledge sharing by Malaysian SMEs. International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM), 9 (2). pp. 211-215. ISSN 2050-7399

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Abstract

Sustainable manufacturing has been widely studied and practise among manufacturing company around the world. This approach is one of the best approaches to reduce the environmental impact that produce during the manufacturing process. In Malaysia, this approach has been implemented in several SMEs company. This article will present four case studies that have been conducted on four SME company in Malaysia that had implemented SMP. The four companies were selected to share their knowledge and experience on the implementation, best practice and sustainability performance. The findings show that SMP has been well practice by those companies. All companies’ emphasis on reducing environmental and social issues by implementing a number of sustainable manufacturing practices such as cleaner production, eco-efficiency, employee-oriented sustainable practices, supplier-oriented sustainable practices, and customer-oriented sustainable practices. This finding can be used as a guideline for Malaysian SMEs in implementing the sustainable manufacturing practices in their organization

Item Type:	Article
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Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Divisions:	School of Technology Management & Logistics
Depositing User:	Mrs. Norazmilah Yaakub
Date Deposited:	09 Sep 2020 01:08
Last Modified:	09 Sep 2020 01:08
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/27428

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