On 31 March 2026, the Faculty of Management UTM proudly participated in the Industrial Experience 2026 (IndX2026) Paper Competition held at Universitas Andalas, Padang, Indonesia.
This prestigious international competition gathered talented students and academics to address real-world industrial challenges aligned with global sustainability goals, particularly focusing on decarbonisation and sustainable operations in heavy industries.
Faculty of Management Representation
Our faculty was proudly represented by a team of outstanding students:
๐‘บ๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’๐’š ๐‘จ๐’๐’‚๐’Œ ๐‘ฑ๐’–๐’๐’‚ (๐’€๐’†๐’‚๐’“ 1, ๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’๐’๐’“ ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•) ๐‘ด๐’–๐’‰๐’‚๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’‚๐’… ๐‘จ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ ๐‘บ๐’š๐’‚๐’‰๐’Ž๐’Š (๐’€๐’†๐’‚๐’“ 2, ๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’๐’๐’“ ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•)
They presented an impactful case study entitled:
โ€œ๐‘ณ๐’†๐’‚๐’-๐‘ซ๐’“๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’ ๐‘ถ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ญ๐’“๐’‚๐’Ž๐’†๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘บ๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ ๐‘บ๐’–๐’ƒ๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’•๐’–๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐‘น๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ช๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐‘ฒ๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐‘ถ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’”: ๐‘จ ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’”๐’† ๐‘จ๐’๐’‚๐’๐’š๐’”๐’Š๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ท๐‘ป ๐‘บ๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’ ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’…๐’‚๐’๐’ˆโ€

The study addressed critical sustainability challenges in the cement industry, including reducing carbon emissions and improving energy efficiency through lean-driven operational strategies, aligned with the competitionโ€™s challenge to increase TSR towards sustainable targets by 2030.
The competition challenged participants to design data-driven, sustainable, and economically viable solutions for industrial transformation โ€” proving that sustainability and profitability can coexist in modern operations. The team was facilitated and mentored by ๐‘ซ๐’“. ๐‘ด๐’๐’‰๐’… ๐’๐’–๐’๐’‡๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’Š ๐‘ฉ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’”๐’‚๐’, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Management UTM, UTM.
๐€๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
In addition to mentoring the team, Dr. Mohd Zulfabli Bin Hasan was also honoured to serve as a jury panel for the competition, contributing his expertise in lean management and sustainable operations at the international level.
Congratulations to our students and faculty member for representing UTM on the international stage and showcasing excellence in lean-driven sustainable innovation!
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