The influence of training in supply chain management on competitiveness / Arawati Agus, Za'faran Hassan and Zulridah Mohd. Noor

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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Main Authors: Agus, Arawati, Hassan, Za'faran, Mohd. Noor, Zulridah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Business Excellence 2010
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Malaysia
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/865/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/865/1/AJ_ARAWATI%20AGUS%20BMQR%20IBE%2010.pdf
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spelling uitm-8652018-11-03T07:33:58Z http://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 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 http://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. Business and Management Quarterly Review (BMQR), 1 (1). pp. 14-32.
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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
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.
format Article
author Agus, Arawati
Hassan, Za'faran
Mohd. Noor, Zulridah
author_facet Agus, Arawati
Hassan, Za'faran
Mohd. Noor, Zulridah
author_sort Agus, Arawati
title 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_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_sort influence of training in supply chain management on competitiveness / arawati agus, za'faran hassan and zulridah mohd. noor
publisher Institute of Business Excellence
publishDate 2010
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/865/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/865/1/AJ_ARAWATI%20AGUS%20BMQR%20IBE%2010.pdf
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