Abu, Noor Hidayah and Md Deros, Baba and Ab Rahman, Mohd Nizam and Mansor, Mohd Fitri (2013) A Study on Malaysian Food And Beverage Manufacturing SMEs Practices of Pre-Development Process. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 397 (4). pp. 2605-2609. ISSN 1662-7482

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Abstract

Product innovation is an important driver for organizations to improve their performance. Large-scale organizations have received full attention from many researchers with respect to efficient pre development implementation and practices compared to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Therefore, this study was performed with the main objective to identify SMEs practices in pre-development process. A survey questionnaire was developed and was sent to 687 Malaysian food and beverage manufacturing SMEs. Descriptive analysis was carried out to determine respondent profile and rank of eight critical success factors (CSFs) based on its contribution. Tests to investigate any differences between the level of importance and practice among SMEs were conducted using paired sample t-test. The results of the study indicated that Malaysian SMEs are aware of the importance of pre-development practices to improve organizational performance through the successful development of new products. However, several limitations (i.e. financial, work force, knowledge, experience, and technologies) had caused Malaysian SMEs unable to achieve efficiency and effectiveness in the pre-development implementation practice

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Pre-development practice, Malaysian food and beverage manufacturing SMEs, innovation
Subjects:	T Technology > TS Manufactures
Divisions:	School of Technology Management & Logistics
Depositing User:	Mr. Izhar Hj. Hashim
Date Deposited:	17 Dec 2024 13:49
Last Modified:	17 Dec 2024 13:49
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/31642

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