1. Introduction
A supply chain deals with the conversion of raw materials into finished goods and
timely delivery of the products to end users (Mabert and Venkataramanan, 1998).
This paper first describes the evolution of various definitions of supply chain. Supply
Chain Management basically looks into the interrelationship and inter- linkages
between various functions, processes and chain members and analyses the impact of
their interaction on value additions and profit maximization (Ballou, 2007). We next
elaborate certain research questions such as understanding SCM and its dimensions,
delineating SCM from other related areas and identifying various contributions in
SCM theories. We have further tried to analyse and identify research gap.