A road map for TDM Berhad future growth in oil palm plantation / Mat Yula Kasim, Mohd Affendy Amir and Wan Rozita Sanisah Wan Hassan

Terengganu Development & Management or formally known as TDM is one of the players in oil palm plantation industry. However, the physical and financial performance of the company is substandard as compare to other players in the industry. From interviews held - with the staff, workers and third parties, personal visits to the estates, the company’s SWOT and ratio analysis and also information gathered from research papers, newspapers, bulletins and internet, this study has identified seven main causes that refrain TDM Berhad from achieving a higher results; low yield or production volume produced by estates, high production cost incurred in producing the palm oil, poor estate establishment, old equipment and machinery in used by the estates, weak financial position of the company, insufficient IT infrastructure and support available and lack of human capital development.