scholarly journals Strategic Decision Making Based on Information Systems for Improving the Competitiveness of SMEs in The Trade Sector

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
arasy alimudin ◽  
Achmad Zakki Falani
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Strategic Decision Making ◽  
Essential Factor ◽  
Traditional Management ◽  
National Economic ◽  
Trade Sector ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Information And Technology

The main shortcomings of micro, small and medium enterprises in Indonesia are located into its traditional management system coupled with lack of utilization of information and technology. Economic and trading growth in Surabaya, Malang and Batu are higher compared to national economic and trading growth. Information and technology are essential factor in improving strategic competitiveness of grocery since it can be used to seek information about customer to gain their trust and satisfaction. The present study shows that strategic competitiveness of grocery in Surabaya and Malang is based on service and product quality. Meanwhile, strategic competitiveness in Batu is based on pricing of the product. Utilization of information and technology in making strategic competitiveness decision obtain the same result as conventional statistics analysis.

scholarly journals Strategic Decision Making based on Information Systems for Improving the Competitiveness of Small and Medium Enterprises in the Trade Sector of tourism and Commerce City

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arasy Alimudin ◽  
Achmad Zakki Falani
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Grocery Store ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Grocery Stores ◽  
Business Opportunity ◽  
Steady Growth ◽  
Marketing Costs ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Information And Technology

Precise decision making for developing business in information and technology era nowadays is highly demanded. Delay in making decision stimulates loss of business opportunity coupled with hamper the growth of business to become stagnant or even failed. Steady growth of commerce industry for East Java province in 2015 was exceeding the national growth which was around 17, 29%. For instance Surabaya, Batu and Malang. The results showed grocery store in Surabaya should be able to keep its customers trought the use of IT to manage and keep customers trust.Strategic location of grocery stores in Malang should be able to keep its customers not to move to competitors therefore grocery stores need to manage stock and variation of products according to the customer demands.Grocery stores in Batu are still relatively moderate since it is located nearby the area of tourism therefore those stores should maintain stability of price competitiveness by reducing production cost by not selling products that are not popular. The distance of grocery stores that are bit far from the tourism center and the presence of mini market as competitor urge grocery stores to be more creative in creating excellence service and price. Utilization of information and technology greatly assist the grocery stores in reducing marketing costs and increasing competitiveness price.

scholarly journals The strategist thought: granted factors in the strategic decision making of the small and medium enterprises

2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-106
Author(s):  
Werner Duarte Dalla ◽  
Carlos Alberto Gonçalves ◽  
Reynaldo Maia Muniz
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Strategic Decision Making ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Intangible Resources ◽  
Medium Enterprises

The organizational behavior is linked to the strategic decision-making, carried through its main decision-makers, called “strategists”. This behavior, in organizational daily actions or planning, shifts its performance to consider market and tangible and intangible resources. The present study aimed to contribute in the understanding of how these actors formulate their strategies, build their heuristics, to manage their firms to improve organizational performance. The RepGrid - Repertory Grid (Kelly, 1955) was chosen as the method, which was undertaken with the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) owners of the footwear area of a relevant cluster production of Nova Serrana-MG - Brazil. The results appointed agent factors of attention, which centralize the decision in the managers or owners, base on financial results, asses actual internal factors so that external sales, and lead to a emergent and less formalized process. 

A Study on the Analytics Tool Used in Decision Making at Small and Medium Enterprise

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivek N. Bhatt
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Business Intelligence ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Know How ◽  
Decision Making Styles ◽  
Routine Basis ◽  
Medium Enterprise ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Medium Enterprises

The article focuses on the study of prevailing decision making styles of Small Scale Industrial (SSI) Units. It presents data collected from 200 SSI units from Bhavnagar – a coastal city of Gujarat, India. The objective of writing the article is to depict heuristic decision patterns of small and medium enterprises, and the rare use of analytical or statistical business intelligence tools in decision making processes. It would be interesting to study the design of decision taken on routine basis in small units, poorly equipped with technology and technical know-how. The paper is descriptive in terms, and lays a lucid picture of present decision making processes.

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