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.