Supply chain risk management in SMEs: analysing the barriers

Mohd Nishat Faisal, D.K. Banwet and Ravi Shankar

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development, 2007, vol. 4, issue 5, 588-607

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to identify barriers to risk management in supply chains of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and to understand their mutual relationships. Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) was applied to present a hierarchy-based model and the contextual relationships among these barriers. The research shows that there exists a group of barriers that have high driving power and low dependence and are of strategic importance. The proposed model provides a useful tool for SME supply chain managers to focus on those variables that are most important for effective risk management in supply chains.

Keywords: supply chain management; SCM; risk management; SCRM; barriers; interpretive structural modelling; small and medium-sized enterprises; SMEs; barriers. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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