Abstract:

 Nanotechnology is becoming important in Malaysia and the supply chain management in this industry is obviously crucial to ensure the sustainability of the industry. However, there is lack of research focus on the supply chain between and within the organizations. The study is conducted with the intention to examine the collaborative supply chain management in the nanotechnology industry. Therefore, specifically this paper sets out to define the current state of Collaborative Supply Chain Management in the Malaysian Nanotechnology Industry. Even though it has been discovered through the literature that SCM is a system that improves competitiveness of the organizations, there are still problems related to it, such as inventory shortage or excess, long supplier lead times, under-utilized warehouse and bottlenecks in the supply chain, which influence supply chain effectiveness. Nanotechnology organizations should be more flexible, productive and fast in producing the product, in light of changes in customers’ demand behavior. This study is cross-sectional and used a qualitative approach to get a more insightful explanation. The use of triangulation approaches, which were interviews and document analysis facilitated the research to meet the objectives. The key findings include human resource, infrastructure, organizational capabilities, process alignment, and collaborative supply. In conclusion, it was identified that there is the need on sufficient knowledge and solid system of education for supporting and producing capable human capital, along with government support to accelerate the nanotechnology industry in Malaysia.