Productivity Challenges

The country needs to double their efforts in increasing productivity to be competitive. many factors contribute to reduced productivity such as low utilization of equipment, inefficient processes, unplanned activities, low quality of products, and human resources mindset, business culture and many more.  The most difficult aspect that has been difficult to improve is the human mindset for productivity and quality improvement.

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5th ICEBM 2016

 

https://people.utm.my/icebm2016/

ABOUT 5TH ICEBM 2016

UTM Razak School of Engineering and Advanced Technology and Graduate School of Business Administration (GSBA), Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan are co-organizing the Fifth International Conference on Engineering Business Management (ICEBM) 2016, which will be held from 6 to 7 August 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The conference aims to provide a forum for academics, researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas and explore recent developments in the field of Engineering, Business and Management. The conference is also expected to foster networking, collaboration and joint effort among the conference participants to advance the theory and practice as well as to identify major trends and latest development in EBM.

Interested individuals are invited to submit research papers and case studies on topics related to the conference theme. All submissions will be peer reviewed and evaluated based on originality, technical and/or research content/depth, correctness, relevance to conference, contributions, and readability. Submissions will be chosen based on content merit, interest, applicability, and how well they fit into the theme of the conference.

Venue: Awana Hotel, Genting Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia

Date: 6 – 7 August 2016.

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New Dean Message to Razak School Staff 4 March 2016

Basic needs and alignment of direction for everyone in UTM Razak School.

Lets Move Up and High Through Ukhuwah

Sustaining Razak School 4 Mac 2016 ALL STAFF

 

Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference 2016 (Dec 7-10 2016)

Welcome to APIEMS 2016

The 17th APIEMS conference, the premier industrial engineering and management systems conference in the Asia Pacific region, will be hosted by the National Taiwan University of Science & Technology (Taiwan Tech). It is the forum for exchange of ideas and discussion among leading experts from academia, industry, and government on the latest developments. It aims to seek opportunities for collaboration among the participants as well as to promote excellence among the fields. Papers will represent the latest academic thinking and successful case examples. The audience will benefit from the knowledge and experience from leading practitioners and academics in this area. The conference seeks research contributions from researchers, educators, modelers, software developers, users and practitioners.

 

Hosted By

Co-Organizing Institutes

  • Ministry of Science and Technology
  • Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Society
    (http://apiems2016.conf.tw/)
  • Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers
  • National Taipei University of Technology (Taipei Tech)

    Important Dates

  • May 1, 2016                            Abstract SubmissionDeadline
  • June 1, 2016                           Abstract Acceptance Notification
  • July 1, 2016                            Full Paper SubmissionDeadline
  • August 1,2016                        Acceptance Announcement
  • September 1, 2016                 Camera Ready Paper Submission Deadline
  • October 1, 2016                      Early Registration Deadline
  • December 7-10, 2016             Conference Date

Japan Life

Japan Life
Traveling and living in Japan can be enlightening for many people. I have travelled and lived in quite a few places in Japan including Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Okayama, Hiroshima and many others since 1983.
I lived in Mizushima, Okayama during parts of 1983 to 1984 for training in automobile manufacturing. Fast forward 2009, I went to Kitakyushu for the APIEMS conference. And then 2010 to Tokyo for conference and research initiatives, and every year since 2011 for teaching and research in Meiji University, and in Spring of 2015 for my sabbatical in Meiji Univeersity.

There are too many good features that one can adopt such as cleanliness, punctuality, discipline, hardworking and industrious, friendly, helpful, and many more. If you have a good command of Japanese (Nihongo) that would be much better as you can enjoy going places, eating delicious Japanese food, and understand their culture and life better.

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