Value added productivity performance of the peninsular Malaysian wood sawmilling industry
Value added manufacturing activity in the wood sawmilling industry of Peninsular Malaysia is important for employment opportunities, particularly for low income citizens living in this rural area, to provide returns to the local economy while being environmentally sustainable. This paper is a review...
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| author | Pang, Suet Kum H'ng, Paik San Chai, Lai Yee Lee, Seng Hua Md. Tahir, Paridah |
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| description | Value added manufacturing activity in the wood sawmilling industry of Peninsular Malaysia is important for employment opportunities, particularly for low income citizens living in this rural area, to provide returns to the local economy while being environmentally sustainable. This paper is a review on the value added wood sawmill industry in Peninsular Malaysia, using the value of major import and exports of major timbers products and forested area in Peninsular Malaysia over the period 2003 to 2012. The productivity performance measures that are based on the concept of value added are emphasized in this paper. The value added in wood sawmill industry was found to increase from year 2003 to 2012. Consequently, Malaysia is moving on the right path to achieve the goal of National Timber Policy 2020, transforming the timber industry into high value addition industry. However, further analysis using the value added productivity measure found that the value addition rely on international timber price rather than skilled workers. |
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| spelling | upm-468522019-10-21T03:57:47Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46852/ Value added productivity performance of the peninsular Malaysian wood sawmilling industry Pang, Suet Kum H'ng, Paik San Chai, Lai Yee Lee, Seng Hua Md. Tahir, Paridah Value added manufacturing activity in the wood sawmilling industry of Peninsular Malaysia is important for employment opportunities, particularly for low income citizens living in this rural area, to provide returns to the local economy while being environmentally sustainable. This paper is a review on the value added wood sawmill industry in Peninsular Malaysia, using the value of major import and exports of major timbers products and forested area in Peninsular Malaysia over the period 2003 to 2012. The productivity performance measures that are based on the concept of value added are emphasized in this paper. The value added in wood sawmill industry was found to increase from year 2003 to 2012. Consequently, Malaysia is moving on the right path to achieve the goal of National Timber Policy 2020, transforming the timber industry into high value addition industry. However, further analysis using the value added productivity measure found that the value addition rely on international timber price rather than skilled workers. North Carolina State University 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46852/1/Value%20added%20productivity%20performance%20of%20the%20peninsular%20Malaysian%20wood%20sawmilling%20industry%20%282%29.pdf Pang, Suet Kum and H'ng, Paik San and Chai, Lai Yee and Lee, Seng Hua and Md. Tahir, Paridah (2015) Value added productivity performance of the peninsular Malaysian wood sawmilling industry. BioResources, 10 (4). pp. 7324-7338. ISSN 1930-2126 https://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/7276 10.15376/biores.10.4.7324-7338 |
| spellingShingle | Pang, Suet Kum H'ng, Paik San Chai, Lai Yee Lee, Seng Hua Md. Tahir, Paridah Value added productivity performance of the peninsular Malaysian wood sawmilling industry |
| title | Value added productivity performance of the peninsular Malaysian wood sawmilling industry |
| title_full | Value added productivity performance of the peninsular Malaysian wood sawmilling industry |
| title_fullStr | Value added productivity performance of the peninsular Malaysian wood sawmilling industry |
| title_full_unstemmed | Value added productivity performance of the peninsular Malaysian wood sawmilling industry |
| title_short | Value added productivity performance of the peninsular Malaysian wood sawmilling industry |
| title_sort | value added productivity performance of the peninsular malaysian wood sawmilling industry |
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