case study of UMW Holding

assalamualaikum everyone..

my previous post is about case study of KPJ Healthcare and now i would like to continue with UMW Holding's case study.

the question is "Utilizing upon Porter’s 5 forces, analyze the 4 industries that involved by UMW Holiding."

we are group by four and each of us take one industry that UMW Holding running. my part is Automotive components and lubricants OEM and REM.

using Porter’s 5 forces on automotive components and lubricants OEM and REM, this is what i got.

For the supplier, UMW Holding had many suppliers in OEM such as Delphi Automotive Systems, TRW, Siemens VDO, Bosch, Denso and Nippon Wiper Blade.

Next, UMW Holding had many buyers whether in OEM or REM such as car manufactures, service center and also repair shop for the end-user market. As for car manufactures, it is for full-fledge car manufactures, such as Proton or Perodua, and it is also for vehicle assemblers such as Toyota and Honda.

Then, substitute for UMW Holding in this business are none because they have no substitute in automotive components and lubricants OEM and REM.

Moreover, UMW Holding had many competitors in this industry from local and foreign competitors. This is due to increasing local automotive parts makers for local and for foreign, there are the cheaper producer than UMW Holding such as China and Thailand.

Lastly, the threat of new entrant is difficult due to too much barrier that they had to face such as high production costs and also limited capabilities in research and development and design.

  

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i use porter's 5 forces to answer this question. this theory is useful to analyze not only one business but also company that had many business. then this case study also can be analyze by using BCG matrix (Bostan Consultant Growth/Group).  u can search on internet.

that's all from me.

case study of KPJ Healthcare

assalamualaikum to everyone...

up till now, i had learned a lot of strategies and case study that related to strategy. there are 3 case study that i already discuss during tutorial class which are Gloria Jeans Coffee, KPJ Healthcare, and also UMW Holding.

in this blog, i will just dicsuss one of them which is KPJ Healthcare. we are been ordered to discuss the question related to this case study and the question is "What were the strategies implemented by KPJ Healthcare prior to 2009?". This is my answer to the question.

There are many strategies implemented by KPJ Healthcare prior to 2009 such as expansion, diversification concentric, joint venture, collaborations insurance provides which is patient referral centre, and acquisitions.

Firstly, diversification concentric strategy comes when KPJ Healthcare do many things in same time such as operated 19 hospitals in Malaysia, managed 2 hospitals in Indonesia, operated a nursing and health science college. For nursing and health science college, it is supplied nurses not only for its hospital, but also for the general need of the country. Moreover, the company also has two pharmaceutical distributions and other hospital supporting facility providers.

Secondly, they use acquisitions strategy which is the company acquired some hospital in Malaysia. In 1988, the company acquired the Tawakal Hospital in Kuala Lumpur which was facing serious financing problems. Then in 1989, the company acquired the Ipoh Specialist Hospital in Perak and in 1990, the company acquired the Kuantan Specialist Hospital in Pahang. Furthermore, in 1991, the company also acquired some shares in Pusat Pakar Utara, which later changed its name to Kedah medical Centre.

Thirdly, the company implemented joint venture strategy where KPJ partnered with Penawar Hospital through a joint-venture agreement of 30-70 percent share in 1995. In 1998, KPJ partnered with JCorp to develop and operate Klinik Waqaf An-Nur. Besides that, in 2002, KPJ established a joint-venture project with the Kelantan State Economic Development Corporation to operate the Perdana Specialist Hospital in Kota Bharu, Kelantan.

Lastly, the company also using expansion strategy which is in 2006, in the effort to raise funds for its business expansion, KPJ initiated a major shift in its corporate strategy from being an entirely asset-based company to one that stayed light on its assets through securitization. This was accomplished with the establishment Al-‘Aqar KPJ Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT), which had played an important role in facilitating KPJ’s strategic expansions. Moreover the company establishes links which is collaboration strategy with insurance providers abroad, and operated patient referral centers.   


my apologise if the answer is too long but that is my answer to the question. that's all for today.

what have i learned this week episode 6....

Assalamualaikum....

Strategic Management from Islamic Perspective

until now, i had post several strategic management that i learned at class and all of them is western theory. and today, i would like to share about strategic management on Islamic perspective.

before western theory come, Islamic theory come first and been used by our prophet MUHAMMAD saw and prophet's companion long time ago especially during war.

i do not know how to explain Islamic theory in word but i will share some story related to prophet MUHAMMAD and his strategy in handle the problem.  

war of Khandak

this war was between Muslim and Non-Muslim (Jahiliyyah) during our prophet MUHAMMAD (pbuh) period and the location is at Mecca. the strategic that Muslim use was dig a hole around the Mecca to avoid non-muslim enter the Mecca. and this strategic was a successful strategy.

war of uhud

this war was between muslim in medina with non-muslim (musyrikin mecca) during our prophet MUHAMMAD (pbuh) and the location at hill of Uhud. when the war happened, prophet MUHAMMAD (pbuh) divided the army into two team where the first team that Abdullah Ibn Jubeir lead which is archery team and they were given an order to stay at the above hill of uhud until the war finished. the other team with prophet MUHAMMAD (pbuh) at front line. the strategy were not succeeded because some of the Abdullah Ibn Jubeir's men  break the order given that lead into disaster and defeat.       

  

what have i learned episode 5...

Assalamualaikum....

Recently, i had learned about corporate level strategies and this topic is continuous from previous blog which is business level and functional level. This level which is corporate is strategies that use by most of the company.

the picture above show the various level strategies and their connection with each other.  grand strategies also known as primary strategy.

next i want to explain a little bit about several term used in this level especially what are different between these strategies of level.

grand strategies
-growth:   year's growth rate is higher than the previous year.
-stable growth: next year's growth rate is the same as the previous year.
-turnaround: the growth rate is positive as compared to the previous year.
-combination: organization adopt a few strategies combining some of the three strategies mentioned above.

secondary level strategies
-expansion strategy: to increase activities so that the volume of the output is increase in terms of numbers, weights, size, branches, etc.
-integration strategy; to have more control of the production or services such as through of resources or the added value of down the line activities as in warehousing, wholesaling and retailing.
-backward integration: where there is a need to control the availability of resources.
-forward integration; control of the added value activities.

the tactical strategies
-joint venture: A+B to form C which is a joint venture with an agreed upon equity composition.


there are more term that i do not explain above and u can search on internet for more detail.

cheers:D   

ICEPS10 AWESOME!!!!!!

assalamualaikum...

last week, 13-16 November 2014, our faculty make a program which is iceps10. iceps10 is stand for Islamic Convention Entrepreneurship 10. this is traditional program that all senior fourth year of Faculty Economics and Muamalat, USIM, must make a program which is ICEPS every year. this program was very successful and get compliment from outsider and insider that have high position. all of us working very harder from morning to night four day in a row to make sure the program is handling smoothly. of course its quite tiring but we also enjoy with this program because of experience that will never been teach at class.

 

for more info: http://iceps10.usim.edu.my/

what have i learned in this week episode 4!!

assalamualaikum and good morning....

its been too long since my last update...in last a few weeks ago, i learn about functional level strategies which is consist of primary activities and support activities. actually this is continuous on previous blog which is business level strategy.

 

This is functional level strategy

based on the picture above, i would like to explain one by one what is the meaning of the term above.

primary activities

-inbound logistic: this is the activities that were conducted in order to produce an end product to the users.

-operations: this activity is needed to convert the inputs provided by inbound logistics into the final product form.

-outbound logistics: once the products have been manufactured, they need to be sent along the supply chain to target market.

-marketing and sales: this area focuses strongly upon marketing communications and promotional mix.

service: activities designed to enhance or maintain a product's value.

support activities

-procurement: the firm needs to ensure they would be able to obtain the good quality of inputs with the lowest prices.

-research and development: this activity is important because it will help the firm to reduce cost, to add value, and to sustain the firm competitive advantage.

-human resource management: employee is an important assets and an expensive resource to the firm so the firm must select, training and reward the employee to ensure the selected employees can fit into their job.

-firm infrastructure: through its infrastructure, the firm strives to identify resources and capabilities, and also to support their core competencies.

this is all u need to know about functional level strategies. and maybe my explanation is quite short so u also can search more on the internet to find out more about this.

what have i learned this week episode 3....

Assalamualaikum and a very good morning to you...i hope you have a nice day today because it is friday...:)

next week is my mid term break so i want to update my blog earlier before i forgot to do it because of holiday...okay...today i want to share about 'The 3 generic business level strategies' (adapted from Porter)....this 3 generic are differentiation, cost leadership, and focus...i will explain a very short explanation with example for basic understanding...alright...differentiation is uniqueness, specialty, different with other and also have competitive advantages because of their uniqueness, for example, Apple, Sony and FedEx...then for cost leadership, it is low cost position and have a lowest cost compare to their competitor such as Air Asia and Mydin... next, focus is more to market segment which is niche, for example, Ferrari and GAP...

now, let's try test your understanding... here are the test.. decide the following:-

- McD :
- Porsche:
- Dell:

enjoy...:D




   

SWOT Analysis

Assalamualaikum...

Today i would like to share about SWOT analysis... firstly, i will explain what is SWOT about.. SWOT stand for Strengths Weakness Opportunities Treats.. this SWOT can help you to analyze your programs, your organization and etc.for strengths and weakness, it is all related to internal part of organization such as management, planning, organization, finance, human resources, skill and etc...for opportunities and threats, it is related to external factor such as economic, political, technology, sociocultural and etc...

last week, my class already done Swot analysis for my subject program and this is the result...

     

what have i learned this week episode 1

assalamualaikum wbt to all of you...

I would like to share something with you about the movie I watch recently. The title of the movie is 'The Billionaire'. This movie is about the young entrepreneur (Top) who had a lot of trouble to success. I would like to suggest you watch this movie if you interest to be an entrepreneur.

Then, I have been learn about the strategy formulation which is Porter's 5 Force. This formula will help you to make a decision if you like to open the business or to enter the market. For example, i want to open a business which is book business. Here are the formula to use:

-The supplier: ink, paper, author, publisher, printing and so on
-The buyer: academician, student
-The rivalry: Oxford, Fajar, Telaga Biru and so on
-The subtitute: apps, xerox, digital
-New entrant: for this section, you think it is hard or easy to enter if you take a look at above section. For me, it is hard to enter because of substitute nowadays using technology such as digital book and apps that allowed you to download the book.

I think only this for today.     

first step

Assalamualaikum to all my friends that know me...I just start blogging a few minutes ago so basically i am a new person here. I really appreciate if you guys stop here for a moment and read my blog. thats all for today.