Supply chain drivers as a competitive advantage in hospitality company: A case study

Facilities, inventory, transportation, information, sourcing and pricing are the six supply chain drivers that determine the capability of gaining competitive advantage within a supply chain management. The constant growth of tourism industry in Malaysia has led to the rise of the hospitality indust...

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Main Authors: Xue, Ting Lim, Lee, Khai Loon
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Penerbit UMP 2022
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Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/33445/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/33445/1/supply%20chain%20drivers.chap.pdf
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description Facilities, inventory, transportation, information, sourcing and pricing are the six supply chain drivers that determine the capability of gaining competitive advantage within a supply chain management. The constant growth of tourism industry in Malaysia has led to the rise of the hospitality industry over the recent years. However, some industries are still using inefficient and less responsive strategies to run their supply chain activities. Therefore, the supply chain drivers will be investigated based on their performance on achieving competitive advantage in hospitality company. The qualitative method used is by interviewing the manager of the selected hospitality company with interview protocol, which is a semistructured questionnaire. The qualitative data were analysed using qualitative data analysis software, ATLAS.ti. The result indicated that a good use of six supply chain drivers will definitely help a hospitality company in achieving the balance between responsiveness and efficiency. This study concluded that the performance of supply chain drivers is relatively important, to boost a hospitality company to gain their competitive advantage among competitors. Therefore, this study can be relevant for hospitality company to know how to gain competitive advantage through the supply chain driver.
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spelling ump-334452022-04-08T03:59:17Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/33445/ Supply chain drivers as a competitive advantage in hospitality company: A case study Xue, Ting Lim Lee, Khai Loon HE Transportation and Communications Facilities, inventory, transportation, information, sourcing and pricing are the six supply chain drivers that determine the capability of gaining competitive advantage within a supply chain management. The constant growth of tourism industry in Malaysia has led to the rise of the hospitality industry over the recent years. However, some industries are still using inefficient and less responsive strategies to run their supply chain activities. Therefore, the supply chain drivers will be investigated based on their performance on achieving competitive advantage in hospitality company. The qualitative method used is by interviewing the manager of the selected hospitality company with interview protocol, which is a semistructured questionnaire. The qualitative data were analysed using qualitative data analysis software, ATLAS.ti. The result indicated that a good use of six supply chain drivers will definitely help a hospitality company in achieving the balance between responsiveness and efficiency. This study concluded that the performance of supply chain drivers is relatively important, to boost a hospitality company to gain their competitive advantage among competitors. Therefore, this study can be relevant for hospitality company to know how to gain competitive advantage through the supply chain driver. Penerbit UMP Lee, Khai Loon Cheng, Jack Kie 2022-02-21 Book Chapter PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/33445/1/supply%20chain%20drivers.chap.pdf Xue, Ting Lim and Lee, Khai Loon (2022) Supply chain drivers as a competitive advantage in hospitality company: A case study. In: In Individual Field Project: Applying Theoretical Know-how to Real-life Business and Engineering Situation. Penerbit UMP, Kuantan, Pahang, pp. 67-80. ISBN 978-967-2831-28-0 https://shopee.com.my/INDIVIDUAL-FIELD-PROJECT-APPLYING-THEORETICAL-KNOW-HOW-TO-REAL-LIFE-BUSINESS-AND-ENGINEERING-SITUATIONS-i.277724395.15154596946
spellingShingle HE Transportation and Communications
Xue, Ting Lim
Lee, Khai Loon
Supply chain drivers as a competitive advantage in hospitality company: A case study
title Supply chain drivers as a competitive advantage in hospitality company: A case study
title_full Supply chain drivers as a competitive advantage in hospitality company: A case study
title_fullStr Supply chain drivers as a competitive advantage in hospitality company: A case study
title_full_unstemmed Supply chain drivers as a competitive advantage in hospitality company: A case study
title_short Supply chain drivers as a competitive advantage in hospitality company: A case study
title_sort supply chain drivers as a competitive advantage in hospitality company: a case study
topic HE Transportation and Communications
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/33445/
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http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/33445/1/supply%20chain%20drivers.chap.pdf