1. Dr. SUMAN VIJ - Professor, Shri Guru Ram Rai University, Dehradun.
2. BHUSHAN AGGARWAL - Research Scholar, Shri Guru Ram Rai University, Dehradun.
The study's main goal is to pinpoint the crucial success elements for sustainable supply chains across India's small and medium-sized businesses in terms of organizational practices. Supply Chain Management is a business improvement strategy. SCM's primary goal is to make products and services better improving processes, enhancing their adaptability, resilience, and efficiency Competitiveness (W. Machowiak 2012). We are all aware of the detrimental effects the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have on our SME sector. The (COVID-19) flare-up demonstrates how pandemics can cause supply chains all around the world to collapse. Therefore, more research needs to be done in this area so that we can handle worsening situations in the future. In our paper, we will discuss the undamental success criteria that, in terms of management techniques, are crucial for a sustainable supply chain. An attempt will also made to investigate, comprehend, and explain the development of supply chain management and exploring its future using comprehensive literature study. Additionally, in order to assess how management practises affect the performance of SMEs in the state of Uttarakhand. Methodology – Secondary research (examination of papers) have been used to determine all the essential success elements. Further to assess the effect of management practices on the performance of SMEs, a structured questionnaire was given to 150 managerial-level employees, to gather information from manufacturing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Uttarakhand. The hypotheses were made and tested using SPSS. Inferences - This study contributes to the ongoing research on supply chain sustainability and gives supply chain managers a useful method for assessing and implementing sustainability practises throughout supply chains. It also has direct implications for research scholars working in the field of determining the impact of management practises on SME performance, growth, and development.
Sustainability, SCM (supply chain management), and SME (small and medium enterprises), key success factors.