Future Challenges for Supply Chains in Small/Medium/Large Enterprises—
There are significant differences between small and large Australian organizations
in their perception of challenges for SCs in the future. Concerns related to closed
loop supply chains, integrating organizational functions through supply chain
processes, and greater visibility requirements of the SC were identified by large
organizations to have a significantly higher impact on their future supply chains as
compared to small organizations. Similarly, there were noticeable differences
between wholly domestically-owned and wholly foreign-owned companies in their
perceived challenges for tomorrow’s supply chains. The latter differences especially
concerned global supply and distribution channels, and volatile demands and
markets.