The relationship between managerial commitment and system perspectives towards manufacturing capabilities among local manufacturers in Malaysia

Abstract

Generally, manufacturing capabilities are the important factor in running and developing business. Hence, this research is aimed to identifying the relationships of critical factors and make sure the companies can survive in the northern region of Malaysia. Those identified factors are managerial commitment, systems perspectives and manufacturing capabilities in term of agility. Through the survey, a total of 119 companies representing various industries in Northern Region of Malaysia had responded. The hypotheses involved were tested using correlation and regression techniques. The results of the study support all the hypotheses. The multiple regression analysis indicates that there are significant relationships among the factors on each criterion to manufacturing capabilities. It is believed that results of this study will be beneficial for shareholders and directors of manufacturing companies across industries to apply these manufacturing capabilities.