Dr. Hawa binti Hishamuddin
Senior Lecturer
Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
hawa7@ukm.edu.my

NO	NAME	INSTITUTION	FACULTY/SCHOOL/ CENTRE/UNIT
1	Prof Dr. Dzuraidah Binti Abd Wahab	UKM	Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment
2	Prof Dr. Mohd Nizam Bin Ab Rahman	UKM	Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment
3	Prof Dr. Ruhul Amin Sarker	UNSW	School of Engineering and IT

2 years 9 months (15 August 2017 – 30 April 2020)

In recent years, the increase of global warming effects on the environment has raised awareness among managers in manufacturing sectors to incorporate sustainability in their businesses. Particularly, sustainability has been seen as a vital aspect in the supply chain structure, where logistic and transportation`s effect on carbon gas emission level in the environment is a particular area of concern. However, a supply chain system normally drops its sustainability goals when coping with unexpected disruptions. Managing highly evolved supply chains and maintaining sustainability at the same time is not easy, especially when it is vulnerable to various disruption risks. The main objective of this research is to study the effects of disruption on the sustainability aspects of a multi-echelon supply chain system. Rather than focusing on merely the economical aspects for recovery, a unique extension of investigating the environmental and operational impact of the sustainable supply chains is considered in this research. A thorough investigation on the current practices of sustainable supply chains was carried out. Subsequently, a combined approach of mathematical modeling and simulation techniques were used to investigate the recovery properties and underlying behavior of each node in the supply chain system. Particularly, the model was developed such that sustainability parameters consisting of environmental scores in terms of green-house gas emission from the supply chain were investigated. Furthermore, the model was able to determine resilience performance of the supply chain, which is the ability to recover from disruption in a timely and effective manner. Experimental analysis showed that a better recovery plan with reduced carbon emissions is possible to preserve the sustainability of supply chains. The significance of this study would be useful to build an efficient decision support mechanism for supply chain system analysis during unexpected disruption events, while not compromising sustainability.

1. To investigate the effect of supply disruption on greenhouse gas emission levels from transportation activities in a supply chain system.
2. To analyse the main criteria for the network and operational design of resilient and sustainable supply chain systems.
3. To validate the sustainable supply chain model and demonstrate applicability with real data from the industry.

1. Talent:
   • 1 Master
     1. Nuramilawahida Binti Mat Ropi (Graduated)
2. Publication:
   

   Target	Current
   6	6

   
   
   1. Article in Indexed Journals
      • An inventory model of supply chain disruption recovery with safety stock and carbon emission consideration (2018) - Web of Science (WoS)
      • Investigation of Disruption Management Practices and Environmental Impact on Malaysian Automotive Supply Chains: A Case Study Approach (2020) - Web of Science (WoS)
      • Assessing Supply Chain Risk Management Practices in Manufacturing Industries in Malaysia (2018) - Web of Science (WoS)
   2. Conference Proceedings
      • A Recovery Model for an EPQ System subject to Supply Disruption with Consideration of Safety Stock (2019) - SCOPUS
   3. Book Chapter
      • A Disruption Management Model for A Production-Inventory System Considering Green Logistics (2020) - SCOPUS
   4. Magazine/Newsletter/NewsPaper
      • Supply chain disruptions affect the environment - New Straits Times (2020)

• International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, IEOM (2016) – Silver medal

1. The study will assist in reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions from the industry, thus protecting the environment and improving the well.
2. The findings of this research can help managers of manufacturing firms to optimize their businesses during disruption events and ultimately sustain the economy during critical times.
3. Instilling awareness of environmental friendly practices in businesses.

The output of this study has helped managers in making critical decisions to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions from the industry, thus protecting the environment and improving the well being of society. In addition, the findings of this research may assist managers of manufacturing firms to optimize their businesses during disruption events and ultimately sustain the economy during critical times. It will also help to instill awareness of environmental friendly practices in businesses.