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 Volume 4, Issue 12 (December 2017, Part 2), Pages: 250-256

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Organizational readiness for advanced manufacturing technology implementation by Malaysian manufacturing SMEs

 Author(s): Hafini Suhana Ithnin, Murzidah Ahmad Murad *, Juhaini Jabar, Sitinor Wardatulaina Mohd Yusof

 Affiliation(s):

 Faculty of Technology Management and Technopreneurship, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2017.012.043

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 Abstract:

Nowadays, transformation in organization seem like a must for company to keep compete and sustain in business field. Because of that, it is important to devise the changes happen in organization so that it may reduce the obstacles that occur from the members and also might predict the future potential circumstances. Therefore, readiness organization should improve the effectiveness and efficiency in organization structure. Changes in organization should happen either in small or huge company. The aim of this research is to explore the organization readiness that influences the implementation of advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) among manufacturing SMEs in southern Malaysia. There are three main dimensions were study within this research include top management support, organization structure and organization rules. Total of 120 questionnaires were collected among Southern region in Malaysia embraced Melaka, Johor and Negeri Sembilan. The questionnaire was developed based on previous study. Then, the data were analyzed using Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and regression. From the results, it indicated that organizational commitment which arise from combination of two components of top management support and organization structure present the strongest unique contribution (0.519) for the standardized coefficient value. 

 © 2017 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Advanced manufacturing technology, Small and medium enterprises (SMEs), Organization readiness

 Article History: Received 17 December 2016, Received in revised form 6 September 2017, Accepted 9 October 2017

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2017.012.043

 Citation:

 Ithnin HS, Murad MA, Jabar J, Yusof SWM (2017). Organizational readiness for advanced manufacturing technology implementation by Malaysian manufacturing SMEs. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 4(12): 250-256

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 http://www.science-gate.com/IJAAS/V4I12(2)/Ithnin.html

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