The purpose of this research paper is to introduce an optimised framework halal supply chains man... more The purpose of this research paper is to introduce an optimised framework halal supply chains management, called the “Halal Sustainable Supply Chain Model†(HSSCM). In this research the main logistics business processes are defined, which are the determinants for the halal sustainable supply chain performance. The research used an extensive literature review to identify halal sustainable supply chain determinants focusing on halal policy, moral responsibility, global ethics, environmental purchasing, and sustainable packaging; and sustainable supply chain activities. The findings show that halal policy, moral responsibility, global ethics, environmental purchasing, and sustainable packaging determine the sustainable halal supply chain activities. More empirical research is needed to further refine the HSSCM for different product–market combinations. This research shows that halal sustainable supply chain management is different from supply chain management, which requires ...
University Rugby Sevens Players Anxiety and Confident Scores between First Game and Second Game Based on Different Position of Play
International journal of psychology and behavioral sciences, 2016
This pilot study determined the pre-competitive anxiety and confident scores of the university ru... more This pilot study determined the pre-competitive anxiety and confident scores of the university rugby sevens players based on different position of play between first and second games. The participants consists of 12 players from Griffin Rugby Club known as UiTM N9 aged 18 to 22 years (M = 19.50, SD = 1.62) with 4 to 10 years playing experiences (M = 5.92, SD = 1.83), with different positions (6 forwards; 6 backs). The participants completed the CSAI-2R questionnaire prior to the games. The results showed that there were no significant difference in pre-competitive anxieties of the players in the forwards and backs positions. However, the players had a higher in cognitive anxiety and somatic anxiety before the first game compared to the second game and no significant difference in self-confidence scores. It is probable the cognitive anxiety and somatic anxiety were perceived as something with slightly negative influence on their first game. Coaches need to consider the psychological ...
International Journal of Health Sciences (IJHS), Apr 15, 2022
The purpose of this study is to investigate the practises on the quality performance impact towar... more The purpose of this study is to investigate the practises on the quality performance impact toward supply chain quality management (SCQM). The study applies quantitative approach, and the questionnaire as a primary data to collect the information. A total of 30 questionnaires were collected from poultry farm owner in the state of Selangor. The descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and multi-regression analysis are used to test the relationship between the independent variable with dependent variable. The results of the finding shows that supply chain integration, customer focus, supplier focus and quality leadership have no relationship toward quality performance. Only employee involvement have relationship with 2453 quality performance. The results of this study will help to encourage managers to give the high priority on both inter-firm and intra-firm relationships as a ways to achieve the superior quality performance. The results provide the managers with guidance on effective management to the upstream and downstream of supply chain networks and help to create awareness on the potential synergies that keep arise from the combinations effects of SCQM practices that could bring about desired quality performance outcomes across the whole supply chain network. The real situation on the quality performance always require an equal focus from the both side of inter-firm and intra-firm relationship around the supply chain partners. Therefore, an effective quality management across the entire supply chain is very important when a firm wants to supply high-quality products and services to customers. Based on the insights gained from social theory, this paper have makes an attempt to provide the gap and determine the impact of SCQM practices on quality performance.
Strategic location selection decisions for hotel location selection are critical as they are cost... more Strategic location selection decisions for hotel location selection are critical as they are costly and difficult to reverse, and entail a long-term commitment. For this reason, this study proposed Strategic Sustainable Location Decision Model (SSLDM) to help the commercial development project especially hotel industry to select the most proper location for new development investment. The SSLDM framework proposed the determinants factors of labor cost, availability of investment lands and land prices. Study reveals that by introducing the factors of environment to existing model will assist strategic location decision towards sustainable and environment awareness. However, other that selected determinants, the study also investigate either the environment factor affects the strategic location selection.
Innovations in Science and Technology Vol. 4, 2022
The aim of this paper is to analyze the importance of purchasing strategies contribution on manuf... more The aim of this paper is to analyze the importance of purchasing strategies contribution on manufacturing performance, realizing purchasing function as a key component in organizations. A total of 100 questionnaires were used for statistical analysis in order to study the significant level of the constructed model among manufacturing firms located in major industrial states in Malaysia. The results obtained reveal that purchasing strategies create significant positive impact on manufacturing performance which comprises the competitive priorities of the firms in terms of quality, cost, cycle time, new product introduction time line, delivery speed and dependability and finally, customization responsiveness performance. Manufacturing firms should focus on purchasing strategies, effective negotiation, supplier collaborative relationship and interaction, effective cost management and supply base management as navigators for their excellence performance in the current volatile market conditions. The paper shows that purchasing strategies are vital for manufacturing firms in order to remain competitive and relevant in the challenging and competitive business environment.
International Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2019
The study presents an integrative framework of brand love co-creation with theoretical underpinni... more The study presents an integrative framework of brand love co-creation with theoretical underpinnings in joint with digital customer experiential creation of brand love. Main idea of this framework are brand love platforms entailing both relational activities and offerings, at the intersection of joint parties of experiential co-creators (whether in their role as customers) and co-creational enterprises as organizing the practice of brand love co-creation (whether in their role as innovating or marketing offerings or managing network relations). Using one illustrative examples of NEXT as an example of brand, the study discusses how brand love co-creation can be leverage through digital brand engagement platforms. Subsequently, using three independent variables, social-self, brand image and brand trust the study try to discuss the concept of co-creational enterprises as a nexus of co-creational digital platforms of engagements, and elaborate upon the organizational practice of brand l...
The Effect of Safety Climate's Component towards Accident at Workplace. A Case Study of Tenaga Nasional Berhad
Safety issues have always a major problem and concern in any organizational or industry in the wo... more Safety issues have always a major problem and concern in any organizational or industry in the world (Clarke, 2006). Organizational nature of industrial accidents and empirical work has focus on the identification of workers attitudes, work environment, management concern for safety and conflict between productions with safety that influence accidents causation at workplace. The purpose of this study is to examine whether workers attitudes, work environment, management concern for safety and conflict between production and safety have a relationship to the number of accidents at workplace.80 sets of questionnaires were distributed for data gathering to 20 employees at different level of hierarchy that work at hazardous workplace in different department which is Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Occupational Safety and Health. The results indicate that management concern for safety is not significant relationship with dependent variable due to negative correlations, workers ...
A Conceptual Framework of Halal Green Supply Chain Management (HGSCM)
2020 11th IEEE Control and System Graduate Research Colloquium (ICSGRC), 2020
This conceptual research paper introduced four (4) determinant factors (use of information techno... more This conceptual research paper introduced four (4) determinant factors (use of information technology, capabilities of purchasing department, monitoring performance and employees’ education and training) that associated with the framework of Halal Green Supply Chain Management (HGSCM). The study based from the previous journals between year of 2013 and 2019 which established from online database. Based on the finding, this research introduced four (4) hypotheses that are associated with the development of HGSCM framework.
International Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2020
 Abstract — Digital technology has become an essential catalyze for the tourism industry. Dig... more  Abstract — Digital technology has become an essential catalyze for the tourism industry. Digital technology played a significant role in shifting the tourism sector into an impact driven industry. The process of putting the demand and supply planning and execution information into a collaborative mode through the internet helps the employees to communicate with customers, suppliers and other business functions swiftly and also helps to execute ordering, promising and processing and other services delivery more quickly at lesser cost. Now for an E- Business Supply Chain Management approach to function efficiently with inline key process, the performance objectives need to guide overall strategy and the design of the system in the following manner –Factors affecting the usage of E-Business Supply Chain Managemant in the tourism industry have been well-documented in developed countries, but further studies are needed to investigate the usage in the tourism industry among develop...
Mood Differences between the Winning and Losing Team during the Final Match of Razak Cup Hockey Competition 2016
International Journal of Sports Science, 2017
The psychology of mood and its connection with athletic performance has gotten broad attention an... more The psychology of mood and its connection with athletic performance has gotten broad attention and consideration over the previous years. The aim of this study was to examine the differences of mood between the winning and losing team of hockey players during the final match of Razak Cup competition 2016. Forty male hockey players from Terengganu and PDRM age ranging from 19 to 28 years (M = 23.70, SD= 3.08), with 2 to 4 years of experience had participated in this study. Brunel Mood State (BRUMS) questionnaire was used to measure the level of mood among the players right before the competition. Result showed that there was significant difference of moods (negative and positive) between winning and losing team. Hence, mood was important because it can predict the performance of the athletes. Coaches or sport psychologist should consider psychological skills training approach during practice and competition conditions.
Revisiting consumer brand preference sustaining strategy through co-creation corporate social responsibility in the hospitality industry
When a hotel firm loses their existing customers, the organization needs to draw new customers. T... more When a hotel firm loses their existing customers, the organization needs to draw new customers. This is to maintain their market share in the industries. However, in order to attract and capture new customers, it may need higher cost on advertising and promotional activities. Brand preference is generally used to quantify the effect of brand equity that will lead to brand awareness and customers brand loyalty. Therefore, this research is conducted to examine how co-creation corporate social responsibility (CSR) influence brand preference sustaining strategy in the hospitality industry. The study involved three main variables to distinguish the effect of environment, society and stakeholders (CSR) base program on consumer brand preferences. This research is conducted at one of the hotels in Kuala Lumpur City. The scope of the research focusing on the impact of co-creation (CSR) programs towards consumer brand preference. The respondents are among the walk-in consumer the hotel. Resul...
The Idea of Using Practice in Mind Training Program for Rugby Players to Improve Anxiety and Kicking Performance
International Journal of Sports Science, 2016
PIM training program is one of the imagery interventions employed by athletes to improve golf ski... more PIM training program is one of the imagery interventions employed by athletes to improve golf skills performance. This study attempted to measure the effects of Practice in Mind (PIM) training program on anxiety level and the right side of 22 meter place kick performance of rugby players. This study was a double blind experimental design research. Fifty-eight university male rugby players between the age range of 18 to 25 years old (M = 21.43, SD = 2.04) participated in this study. Participants were divided into two groups which is the intervention group (PIM group) and the control group (only physical practice). In PIM group, participants were instructed to do imagery - physical practice, meanwhile, the control group only performed physical practice for three times per week. The Mixed Between - Within Subjects found that PIM group significantly performed better as compared to control group in place kick performance, self-confidence and had higher anxiety level tolerance. Future res...
Penilaian Kualiti Perkhidmatan Bagi Penerima Bantuan Skim Zakat Asnaf Mualaf DI Institusi Pemberi Zakat
Perkembangan aktiviti “street dakwah” yang giat oleh NGO seperti Hidayah Foundation Centre, Multi... more Perkembangan aktiviti “street dakwah” yang giat oleh NGO seperti Hidayah Foundation Centre, Multiracial Reverted Malaysia (MRM), ISLAMICARE, dan badan kerajaan yang lain telah memberi perkembangan positif dalam pengislaman saudara baru. Golongan saudara baru juga dikenali sebagai “new reveted” iaitu kembali kepada fitrah manusia. Dan sebagai golongan saudara baru mereka layak untuk mendapat bantuan zakat melalui asnaf mualaf. Pemberian zakat kepada asnaf mualaf merupakan satu bantuan kewangan yang dilihat signifikan dalam membantu mereka dari segi keperluan ekonomi. Namun begitu tempoh proses permohonan zakat yang di katakan amat panjang iaitu melebihi tempoh 30 hari piawai dikatakan menjadi punca ramai pemohon bantuan menjadikan zakat ini sebagai pilihan terakhir untuk mereka keluar dari masalah. Isu institusi pengendali zakat yang kurang memahami persepsi pelanggan juga menjadi sebab kekecewaan mualaf dalam mendapatkan bantuan zakat. Sehubungan itu, kajian ini akan menilai dari su...
International Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2019
This paper aims to review a framework that investigate the effectiveness of mass marketing commun... more This paper aims to review a framework that investigate the effectiveness of mass marketing communication as a digital logistics tools toward promoting a new online public service platform “i-akaun” for Employees Provident Fund (EPF). The use of online public service platform by the government for participatory and interactive relationships is increasing today. More precisely, the descriptive nature of the study resides in its ability to explain how mass marketing communication as a digital logistics tools can promote the usage of new online service platform users regard the status performance of advertising, public relation and event as mass marketing as a digital logistics tool. A critical analysis of mass marketing communication as a digital logistics tool wheel shows it to be a checklist, a starting point in the examination on a set of mass marketing communication mix tool, but it is not as such of immense help to the decision maker and it was followed by a quantitative approach ...
International Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2019
Nowadays, in daily operations have to alert about the lean production that would be effect of the... more Nowadays, in daily operations have to alert about the lean production that would be effect of the whole of production management. Lean production is one of the main successful management in operations to keep maintain the organization reputation and its ready to compete the globally in manufacturing firm. The objective of lean production is to make the operation process become smoothly of processing items, reduced waste and successful in every target. However, many organizations fail to apply the lean concepts in their operations. Therefore, this study attempted to examine the relationship between lean production (LP) and three dimensions which are transportation, quality and communication. This study employed quantitative study using questionnaire. Data was collected from 45 employees that chosen by expertise in production and the data was analyzed using Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS). This study hoped to make new understanding on the important to apply lean concept i...
The paper aims to explore how aging adults influences the fitness centre’s service quality. A con... more The paper aims to explore how aging adults influences the fitness centre’s service quality. A conceptual framework was developed which revealed an aging adults influenced fitness centre service quality by considering five factors; employees or working staff, activities or progtrammes offered by the facilities, locker room conditions, physical and workout facility. The findings provide a reference for researchers to conduct further studies related to the fitness centre and the need to provide service quality to aging adults. The finding can be applied to aid references to aging adult’s fitness centre’s owner to improve their service quality or for those business owner who plan to attract aging adults as their customers.
Study on Aging Adult Fitness Center Service Quality: A Conceptual Framework
New Visions in Science and Technology Vol. 4, 2021
The paper aims to explore how aging adults influences the fitness centre’s service quality. A con... more The paper aims to explore how aging adults influences the fitness centre’s service quality. A conceptual framework was developed which revealed an aging adults influenced fitness centre service quality by considering five factors; employees or working staff, activities or progtrammes offered by the facilities, locker room conditions, physical and workout facility. The findings provide a reference for researchers to conduct further studies related to the fitness centre and the need to provide service quality to aging adults. The finding can be applied to aid references to aging adult’s fitness centre’s owner to improve their service quality or for those business owner who plan to attract aging adults as their customers. This research identifies and discusses that fitness centre, as one kind of place where people go to exercise, is open not only for some people but for everyone, including aging adults.
The Determinant Factors of Green Maintenance Management Capabilities: An Advanced Research
New Visions in Science and Technology Vol. 4, 2021
The current maintenance management method has affected the efficiency and capabilities of the ope... more The current maintenance management method has affected the efficiency and capabilities of the operation management. Maintaining the production capability in any production system is an essential part of an operations management. Many issues such as poor productivity and quality, inadequate finance, poor safety and morale, as well as environmental risks have emerged due to the current maintenance practice. In today’s world, company is moving towards implementing green as an effort and attractive strategy to achieve sustainability and maintaining competitiveness in their business practice to cater the consumer demands. In this sense, green maintenance management capability (GMMC) permitting better company awareness and commitment to environmental sustainability while gaining effective maintenance practice. In this research, green technology and green human resource management were assessed, important issues were addressed and recommendation were made for prospect research.
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