Challenges in International Business

GunungRapatHiongPiahSdn. Bhd. (579801-M) PHYSICAL CHALLENGES Since the Gunung Rapat Hiong Piah Sdn. Bhd. is responsible for the food manufacturing, wholesale distribution, and export of Yee Hup products, it is facing physical challenges in international business on products, manpower and even physical distribution challenges. For the products challenge, it may face the problem on stock warrant since there are no warranty available for this products.Everyone is recognize about the Yee Hup is a local business in Malaysia and it needs to leave out certain of time to export much(prenominal) products to oversea such as randomnesseast Asia, Oceania, Middle East, Eastern Asia and Western Europe. When the products are on the itinerary shipping to the particular country, it may has the probability to encounter damage such as crushes because of the unpredictable cases and it is unrealized since the biscuits are packaging in a package, but even in a carton size.The Yee Hup biscuits ar e selling to the customers without realized that the products are crushes and the customers are not available to get the warranty or compensation after they bought the products. It geted a challenge of this company because on the customersperception, no warranty offered is bring the meaning that the company has no reassured on their own products. Since the customers are always right, Yee Hup may neglect the sales because of the products deficiency.For the workforce challenge, although the company is almost all-embracing automated in the production process, skilled staffs are calm down needed. For example, retail assistants as Yee Hup inevitable such retail assistant with previous retail experience because the full trainingis not necessary will be provided. In this case, Yee Hup is facing the deficit of workforce although the labor market is enough large. Moreover, the number of R&D staff is merely less than five deal. It becomes the stones in designing products since people are more pay attention in packaging nowadays.And last is about the physical distribution challenge. It is talking about what transportation is exploitation by the company to move a large volume of products to otherwise countries. It simple means that handling, movement, and storage of goods from the point of origin to the point of purpose or use, via various channels of distribution. Since one of the responsibility of GunungRapatHiongPiahSdn. Bhd. is wholesaledistribution and export of Yee Hup products, if the products harm to reach the destination within a fixed time, the company postulate to blamed for it.SOCIAL CHALLENGES How Yee Hup going to expand its target market lot as a social challenge. For example, age and gender. Since HiongPiah is a famous products of Yee Hup with a long established reputation, majority of callowness in local still do not know on this famous products,even thoughin global market. Yee Hup has to mold the problem on difference age group. How Yee Hup is going to change the youth customers perception since they feel thatHiongPiah is traditional Chinese snacks, no tasty and the outlooks are not attractive?For the old generation, how Yee Hup is going to attract them to buy such sticky products? COMPETITIVE CHALLENGES Khong Guan and Mr. Christie are the main competitors to Yee Hup. Khong Guan is one of the most salutary known Malaysian cookie brand in Canada. The Khong Guan organization spans South East Asia and exports its cookies around the world. Khong Guan manufactures a wide range of cookies and as a result its products have become a popular demand in supermarkets.Khong Guan would pose a risk to Yee Hups product lines because Khong Guan is a head established brand which means they have established a hole market clientele. Mr. Christie is a well known Western brand in Canada which poses a risk to Yee Hups product lines. Many customers efficacy consider eating a Western cookie rather than an Asian cookie since some consu mers are not familiar with this type of product and might be hesitant to try something new. This could lead to less sales of the product.