This study explores how supply chain integration (SCI)—encompassing internal, supplier, and customer integration—enhances operational and financial performance. Using data from 90 companies listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange, the findings reveal that SCI drives operational efficiency and innovation through cross-departmental collaboration, strategic supplier partnerships, and advanced customer engagement. Internal integration aligns processes and improves decision-making, supplier integration optimizes resource use and fosters innovation, while customer integration enhances responsiveness and personalization. Collectively, SCI explains 84.7% of operational performance variance and 80.4% of financial performance. This research underscores the strategic importance of tailored integration efforts supported by digital technologies to address organizational challenges and sustain competitive advantage. The findings provide actionable insights for companies aiming to optimize their supply chains and achieve long-term business resilience in dynamic markets.

Today’s dynamic business environment has pushed service-oriented firms such as banks to collaborate with external partners through open innovation (OI) to address issues of service differentiation, optimize customer experience, and create effective open innovation strategies (OIS). However, the essential elements required to design OIS and the methods to manage these strategies are missing. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the strategic resources essential to creating OIS and identify the tools to manage these resources. Following the fundamentals of the resource-based view (RBV), bank openness (BOP), selection of external partners (SEP), open innovation methods (OIM), formalizing collaboration processes (FCP), and banks’ internal practices (BIP) are identified as the strategic elements required for creating OIS, and the role of big data analytics (BDA) in these strategic resources is examined. The data were collected through a survey questionnaire from 425 bank executives employed at different digital banks located in Malaysia. To achieve our research objectives, a quantitative deductive research design was employed and the collected data were processed in WarPLS using the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique to test the research hypotheses of this study. The empirical results reveal that BDA has a significant positive impact on BOP, SEP, and FCP, whereas OIM and BIP have an insignificant positive impact. The findings of this study contribute to designing a robust digital strategy to enhance the banking sector’s contribution to the development of financial industries in developing countries by employing BDA as a major strategic policy tool of OIS

Purpose: Although corporate governance vis-à-vis Shariah governance (SG) has remained a cornerstone of research in Islamic financial institutions (IFIs), little is known about the themes covered by the plethora of studies conducted in this domain. Accordingly, this research aims to unpack the major themes covered in the literature on SG from 2007 to 2023 employing bibliometric analysis technique. Design/methodology/approach: The evaluation of 440 published articles in Scopus is done through different analytical tools i.e., Gephi, VOSviewer, and Scholarcy (artificial intelligence-based research tool) to decode publication trends, outlets, performance, authors, and themes. Findings: The findings elucidate the double-digit increase in the publication, Malaysia is the leading country, Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research is the most popular publication outlet, and the International Islamic University (IIUM) is the spearhead institution on SG research. Our results further reveal that SG research broadly covers four main topics; significance of SG, fundamental ingredients of effective SG, impact of SG on IFIs, and latent issues in SG. Originality/novelty: This study contributes to strengthening the governance and management system of IFIs by identifying the novel research avenues.

Based on the previous research by Aspiranti et al. (2021), it was found that Indonesia and Malaysia still have impoverished communities that urgently need to improve their welfare. In the poorest areas of Malaysia, the majority of households from each ethnic group (on average, 55%) are vulnerable to poverty, while the core poor group comprises the lowest share (on average, 4%). Among household heads at different education levels, the core poor group represents the lowest share (average 4.5%), while the largest share (average 48%) is vulnerable to poverty. In Indonesia, the percentage of poor people in the poorest areas reached 9.27% in 2018, which is already below the national poverty rate of 9.82%. However, during the period of 2014-2018, the poverty line in Indonesia’s poorest areas continued to increase each year, with a 20.46% increase compared to 2014. The Indonesia Poverty Depth Index (P1) decreased from 1.72 to 1.49, indicating that the average expenditure of the poor is getting closer to the poverty line. Empirical findings from a study conducted in 2021 demonstrate that Indonesia’s poverty rate has shown improvement compared to 20 years ago. However, extreme poverty levels still persist, with income levels below $1.9 per day. In Malaysia, there are no longer people categorized as extremely poor. Based on secondary data published by the ASEAN Secretary Data, Malaysia’s high economic growth is accompanied by high per capita income, reaching $9,000 per year. As a result, Malaysians have a longer life expectancy of 78 years compared to Indonesians (68 years). However, despite Malaysia’s success in bringing prosperity to the population on an aggregate basis, there are still pockets of ethnic Malays experiencing poverty. The Malaysian government has made various efforts to alleviate poverty in these regions, but the poverty rate remains. Both Indonesia and Malaysia continue to implement poverty alleviation measures through top-down and bottom-up approaches. The study aims to benchmark the poverty alleviation models of both countries by conducting surveys in poverty-stricken areas of Indonesia (focused on Garut Regency) and Malaysia (focused on Kelantan). The research findings indicate that Malaysia’s poverty alleviation efforts are more top-down, initiated by the government through macroeconomic instruments. In West Java, the Provincial Government adopts a top-down approach by coordinating with various stakeholders to ensure program and activity synergy. Efforts to accelerate poverty reduction in West Java include the establishment of social protection, public health services, and direct financial support for families, encompassing both non-agricultural and agricultural sectors, to enhance community welfare. Keywords: benchmarking, poverty alleviation

Elzone Sportindo is a clothing industry engaged in convection. Its production activities in Elzone Sportindo have been supervised but are still supervised by the owner himself, so it is still not effective and there are still products that are sold in a condition that is still not good for sale on the market. The purpose of this study is to find out how quality control is carried out by the Elzone Sportindo Convection Company, as well as its analysis using the method statistical quality control (SQC). The research method used is descriptive quantitative with data collection techniques namely observation, interviews, and documentation. The stages of data analysis using the SQC method begin with makingcheck sheet, histogram, scatter chart, pareto chart, control chart Np, and fishbone Chart. The results showed that there were four types of defective product defects in the Elzone Sportindo convection company, namely weak stitches, untidy stitches, size defects, and screen printing defects.Fishbone chart shows the cause of disability is from human factors, methods, machines, materials and media (environment).Pareto chart shows that the type of product damage is more dominant in screen printing defects by 41%. Actions that need to be taken to reduce defective products are making and implementing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), conducting workforce training, using machines that use hot temperatures, and providing a comfortable place for workers so they can comfortably carry out their duties. Abstrak. Elzone Sportindo merupakan industri baju yang bergerak di bidang konveksi kegiatan produksinya yang ada di Elzone Sportindo sudah adanya pengawasan tetapi masih diawas oleh ownernya sendiri jadi masih belum efektif dan masih ada juga produk yang terjual dalam keadaan yang masih kurang baik untuk di jual dipasa. Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk mengetahui bagaimana pengendalian kualitas yang dilakukan Perusahaan Konveksi Elzone Sportindo, serta analisisnya menggunakan metode statistical quality control (SQC). Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif kuantitatif dengan teknik pengumpulan data yakni observasi, wawancara, dan dokumentasi. Tahapan analisis data menggunakan metode SQC dimulai dengan membuat check sheet, histogram, scatter chart, pareto chart, control chart Np, dan fishbone Chart. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan terdapat empat jenis cacat produk cacat yang ada di prusahaan konveksi Elzone Sportindo yakni cacat jahitan tidak kuat, cacat jahitan tidak rapih, cacat ukuran, dan cacat sablon. Fishbone chart menunjukkan penyebab kecacatan adalah dari faktor manusia, metode, mesin, material dan media (lingkungan). Pareto chart memperlihatkan jenis kerusakan produk lebih dominan pada cacat sablon sebesar 41%. Tindakan yang perlu dilakukan untuk mengurangi produk cacat yaitu membuat dan menerapkan Standar Operasional Prosedur (SOP), melakukan pelatihan tenaga kerja, menggunakan mesin yang menggunakan tempratur panas, dan memberikan tempat yang nyaman kepada pekerja agar bisa dengan nyaman melakukan tugasnya.