Understanding Supply Chain Management Practices for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

5th International Conference on Manufacturing, Optimization, Industrial and Material Engineering

Thoo, A.C.^1 ; Sulaiman, Z.^1 ; Choi, S.L.^2 ; Kohar, U.H.A.^1

Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Management, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia^1

Associate Professor, Raffles University Iskandar, Johor, Johor Bahru, Malaysia^2

关键词: Competitive advantage;    Competitive business;    Global marketplaces;    Product and services;    Small and medium enterprise;    Small and medium sized enterprise;    Supply chain management practices;    Supply chain managements (SCM);   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/215/1/012014/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/215/1/012014

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are a major source of dynamism, innovation and flexibility for emerging and developing countries, as well as for the economies of the most industrialised nations. However, the survival and growth of SMEs can be difficult in the current competitive business environment and global marketplace. It can be a real challenge to deliver the right product and service at the most opportune time and at the lowest possible cost to the right customer. The challenge stresses the importance of managing cross-boundary relationships between business partners. For gaining a competitive advantage, supply chain management (SCM) is an effective tool to SMEs. Therefore, this paper aims to review the tenet of SCM, its benefits and practices to SMEs.