Emergence of Difficulties among Organizations in Applying Supply Chain Management

Abstract:

In this study implementing Supply Chain Management (SCM) among Malaysian automotive industries are considered to recognize what kind of problems suffered by those organizations when SCM was applied. Survey questionnaire was used to gather the data needed. The questionnaire was distributed to 300 Malaysian’s automotive organizations and a total of 62 replies were usable. The survey reveals that companies suffer from the lack of information as major difficulty during implementing SCM. The findings of this research would give invaluable information to all researchers and practitioners in the field of SCM.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 291-294)
• Pages: 3440-3444
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.291-294.3440
• Online since: July 2011
• Authors: Mohd Nizam A. Rahman, Malihe Manzouri, Haslina Arshad
• Keywords: Malaysian Automotive Industries, Problematic Issues, Supply Chain Management (SCM)

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