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 trade of Yee Hup products, it is facing physical challenges in international business on products, custody and even physical distribution challenges. For the products challenge, it may face the problem on countenance since there argon no warranty functional for this products.Everyone is know about the Yee Hup is a local business in Malaysia and it needs to spend certain of while to export such products to oversea such as Southeast Asia, Oceania, Middle East, Eastern Asia and Western Europe. When the products are on the way 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 are selling to the customers without r ealized that the products are crushes and the customers are not available to get the warranty or compensation after they bought the products. It chartered a challenge of this company because on the customersperception, no warranty offered is have the meaning that the company has no confident on their own products. Since the customers are always right, Yee Hup may lose the gross sales because of the products deficiency.For the workforce challenge, although the company is al close full automated in the production process, proficient staffs are still needed. For example, retail assistants as Yee Hup required such retail assistant with previous retail experience because the full trainingis not necessary will be provided. In this case, Yee Hup is facing the shortage of workforce although the labor market is enough large. Moreover, the number of R&D staff is merely less than five people. It becomes the stones in designing products since people are more pay attention in packaging nowa days.And ultimately is about the physical distribution challenge. It is talking about what transportation is using by the company to involve a large volume of products to other countries. It simple means that handling, movement, and storage of goods from the predict of origin to the point of consumption 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 failure to reach the terminal figure within a fixed time, the company have to blamed for it.SOCIAL CHALLENGES How Yee Hup going to expand its butt end market consider as a social challenge. For example, age and gender. Since HiongPiah is a famous products of Yee Hup with a vast constituted reputation, majority of early days in local still do not know on this famous products,even thoughin global market. Yee Hup has to solve the problem on difference age group. How Yee Hup is going to change the y outh customers perception since they feel thatHiongPiah is traditional Chinese snacks, no tasty and the outlooks are not attractive?For the white-haired 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 well cognize Malaysian cookie brand in Canada. The Khong Guan organization spans South East Asia and exports its cookies some the world. Khong Guan manufactures a wide range of cookies and as a result its products have become a fashionable demand in supermarkets.Khong Guan would pose a risk to Yee Hups product lines because Khong Guan is a well established brand which means they have established a mass market clientele. Mr. Christie is a well known Western brand in Canada which poses a risk to Yee Hups product lines. Many customers might consider eating a Western cookie rather than an Asian cookie since some consumers are not familiar w ith this type of product and might be hesitant to try something new. This could lead to less sales of the product.