Coordination and Responsiveness issues of SCM in Indian SMEs

Supply chain coordination is necessary to integrate all the activities of a supply chain. It helps in improving performance of whole value chain, which is essential for sustainable growth of all organizations. The contribution to knowledge recorded in this study is four fold. First a comprehensive literature review on SMEs is done and classification scheme is suggested. Secondly, an extensive multi-sector survey of Indian SMEs from different parts of the country is conducted to investigate various coordination and responsiveness issues related with SCM.