The influence of training in supply chain management on competitiveness / Arawati Agus, Za'faran Hassan and Zulridah Mohd. Noor
This paper examines the relationship between training in supply chain management (SCM) and competitive advantage of manufacturing companies in Malaysia. The study measures senior SCM managers’ or production managers’ perception of training in SCM practices and level of competitiveness in the indu...
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| author | Agus, Arawati Hassan, Za'faran Mohd. Noor, Zulridah |
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| description | This paper examines the relationship between training in supply chain management (SCM) and
competitive advantage of manufacturing companies in Malaysia. The study measures senior SCM
managers’ or production managers’ perception of training in SCM practices and level of
competitiveness in the industry. Associations between training in supply chain management and
competitive advantage are analyzed through methods such as Pearson’s correlations, cluster
analysis and structural equation modelling (SEM) utilizing 115 respondents’ data. The findings
suggest that training in SCM has significant correlations with competitive advantage (comprises
of determinants such as product differentiation, employee differentiation, service differentiation
and price differentiation). Specifically, competitive advantage (CA) has high correlations with
training variables such as ‘adequacy of production training among employees’, ‘management
training in supply chain effectiveness’ and ‘employee training in supply chain technologies’. The
SEM result also reveals that training in SCM exhibit direct impact on competitiveness. Findings
of the study provide a demonstration of the importance of training in enhancing competitiveness
in Malaysian manufacturing companies. |
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| spelling | uitm-8652018-11-03T07:33:58Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/865/ The influence of training in supply chain management on competitiveness / Arawati Agus, Za'faran Hassan and Zulridah Mohd. Noor bmqr Agus, Arawati Hassan, Za'faran Mohd. Noor, Zulridah Malaysia This paper examines the relationship between training in supply chain management (SCM) and competitive advantage of manufacturing companies in Malaysia. The study measures senior SCM managers’ or production managers’ perception of training in SCM practices and level of competitiveness in the industry. Associations between training in supply chain management and competitive advantage are analyzed through methods such as Pearson’s correlations, cluster analysis and structural equation modelling (SEM) utilizing 115 respondents’ data. The findings suggest that training in SCM has significant correlations with competitive advantage (comprises of determinants such as product differentiation, employee differentiation, service differentiation and price differentiation). Specifically, competitive advantage (CA) has high correlations with training variables such as ‘adequacy of production training among employees’, ‘management training in supply chain effectiveness’ and ‘employee training in supply chain technologies’. The SEM result also reveals that training in SCM exhibit direct impact on competitiveness. Findings of the study provide a demonstration of the importance of training in enhancing competitiveness in Malaysian manufacturing companies. Institute of Business Excellence 2010 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/865/1/AJ_ARAWATI%20AGUS%20BMQR%20IBE%2010.pdf Agus, Arawati and Hassan, Za'faran and Mohd. Noor, Zulridah (2010) The influence of training in supply chain management on competitiveness / Arawati Agus, Za'faran Hassan and Zulridah Mohd. Noor. (2010) Business and Management Quarterly Review (BMQR) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Business_and_Management_Quarterly_Review_=28BMQR=29.html>, 1 (1). pp. 14-32. ISSN 2180-2777 http://www.bmqruitm.com/ |
| spellingShingle | Malaysia Agus, Arawati Hassan, Za'faran Mohd. Noor, Zulridah The influence of training in supply chain management on competitiveness / Arawati Agus, Za'faran Hassan and Zulridah Mohd. Noor |
| title | The influence of training in supply chain management on competitiveness / Arawati Agus, Za'faran Hassan and Zulridah Mohd. Noor |
| title_full | The influence of training in supply chain management on competitiveness / Arawati Agus, Za'faran Hassan and Zulridah Mohd. Noor |
| title_fullStr | The influence of training in supply chain management on competitiveness / Arawati Agus, Za'faran Hassan and Zulridah Mohd. Noor |
| title_full_unstemmed | The influence of training in supply chain management on competitiveness / Arawati Agus, Za'faran Hassan and Zulridah Mohd. Noor |
| title_short | The influence of training in supply chain management on competitiveness / Arawati Agus, Za'faran Hassan and Zulridah Mohd. Noor |
| title_sort | influence of training in supply chain management on competitiveness / arawati agus, za'faran hassan and zulridah mohd. noor |
| topic | Malaysia |
| url | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/865/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/865/ |