Supply Chain Technologies Used by Small/Medium/Large Enterprise—There
are significant differences across small, medium and large enterprises in their
adoption of supply chain technologies. Examples such as ERP, advanced planning
and optimization (APO), data-capture systems, and warehouse management systems
are employed to a greater extent in large organizations than in small ones.
Similarly there are significant differences between medium and large Australian
organizations in their use of those technologies. Also, there is a significant difference
in the usage of scan packing applications between end-product manufacturers
and downstream entities.