Supply chain management in small and medium-sized enterprises

Abstract

In the production logistics context, the success of supply chains corresponds to their ability to meet the logistic performance expectations of customers. This ability depends on the contributions of all supply chain members to the logistical performance of the entire chain. Moreover the overall performance is affected by the dynamic interrelationships between the specific logistic performances of the separate supply chain members. This includes small and medium-sized companies (SMEs). The paper mainly focuses on current supply chain management methods and supply chain management concepts to improve logistical performance and their present application in today's industries especially SMEs. © 2006 International Federation for Information Processing.