Investigation on the influence of E Business system on supply chain components and performance in micro small and medium enterprises

Abstract

The use of information and communication technology ICT tools especially e business in the area of Supply Chain Management SCM is assuring greater significance both in large scale and MSMEs world wide to remain competitive and for sustained growth Today e business becomes an integral part of many business undertakings providing opportunity for growth Therefore it becomes necessary to understand the influence exercised by e business in supply chain components and performance This will be of benefit to both researchers and practitioners Several studies have been made in the past involving Information Technology or e business as evident from supply chain literature Most of the studies deal with the implications of one or two aspects of supply chain strategies tools and techniques but not holistically Moreover the influence of e business system for an effective SCM has not received adequate attention especially relating to Indian MSMEs The present research study is an attempt to provide a holistic approach to explore the influence of e business systems on micro small and medium enterprises MSMEs supply chain components and performance factors