Impact Of Jit Practices And Lean Practices On Operational Performance In Malaysia Packaging Industry: Internal Integration As A Mediator
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2015
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Beah, Zi Yuan
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The study tries to focus and explore the relationship between JIT practices (Just-in-time delivery by suppliers, just-in-time link with customers, pull system, leveled master schedule, setup time reduction, JIT layout and multi-functional employees), lean practices (waste minimization and flow management), internal integration and operational performance in packaging industry in Malaysia. Data were collected through self-administrated questionnaires. A survey of 86 respondents was conducted in the packaging industry in Malaysia representing 87.76 percent response rate in this study. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and Partial Least Square (PLS) were conducted to test the validity of the proposed hypotheses. The result driven from analysis revealed that just-in-time delivery by suppliers is an essential factor that influences operational performance and internal integration, followed by leveled master schedule and waste minimization. In contrast, just-in-time link with customers, pull system, setup time reduction, multi-functional employees and flow management were not significantly related to operational performance and internal integration. JIT layout was found that it was negative significant relationship with operational performance and internal integration. Internal integration was found to mediate between just-in-time delivery by suppliers, leveled master schedule, JIT layout and waste minimization with operational performance in the packaging industry in Malaysia. The conclusion of this study was provided with the theoretical implications and practical implications as well as the suggestions for future conduct of the studies either in Malaysia or other countries.
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Impact Of Jit Practices , On Operational Performance