Falah Abu

Coordinator · Department of Eco-technology

School of Industrial Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam, Shah Alam 40450, Selangor, Malaysia

Author

APID

4820

ORCID

0000-0002-3981-9801

Scopus

49960902500

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com.my/citations?user=tXrtaTMAAAAJ&hl=en

Location

SHAH ALAM, Selangor, Malaysia

Expertise

Lean Manufacturing

Areas of interest

Wood and Furniture Industry

Member since

November 2023

Biography

My name is Falah bin Abu, a Malaysian researcher and a lecturer at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Malaysia. My research area is lean manufacturing, wood technology, furniture and cabinet manufacturing. Overall, I have distinguished myself by submitting an exceptionally well researched and interesting project on Lean Manufacturing Implementation for the Wood and Furniture Industry in Malaysia. I have published several articles in renowned peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Journal of Cleaner Production, European Journal of Wood and Wood Products, Sustainability and the Amfiteatru Economic. Most of the papers are published in Web of Science from the research study with a collaboration of international co-authors such as Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo (United Kingdom; Scopus h-index 33); Štreimikienė, Dalia (Lithuania; Scopus h-index 36); Kyriakopoulos, Grigorios L. (Greece; Scopus h-index 20) and Streimikis, Justas (Poland; Scopus h-index 11)

Publications

1. A Review on Antimicrobial Packaging from Biodegradable Polymer Composites.
2. A Review on Natural Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites (NFRPC) for Sustainable Industrial Applications
3. Challenges in the implementation of lean manufacturing in the wood and furniture industry
4. The Role of Dissolution Time on the Properties of All-Cellulose Composites Obtained from Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch
5. The implementation of lean manufacturing in the furniture industry: a review and analysis on the motives, barriers, challenges, and the applications.
6. Variation of chemical properties, crystalline structure and calorific values of native malaysian bamboo species.