Preliminary study disruption in small and medium enterprise supply chain

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to identify the disruption factors that influence the performance of the supply chain in SMEs. Based on a detailed literature review, four disruption dimensions were product, employee, organization and property selected as a basis in identifying disruption in supply chain. The preliminary data were gathered through a structured questionnaire and interview involving various sector of respondent. Findings shows that disruption of natural disaster is not the only disruption that affect the supply chain. The factors effect the performance supply chain was caused by transportation, machine, problem of human resources, lack of resources and also financial factors.