MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN AND ITS IMPACT ON ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF SMES: AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF UTTARAKHAND STATE, INDIA

Purpose – The prime purpose of the study is to identify Critical Success factors in terms of Management Practices among Small and medium Enterprises in India for sustainable supply chain process. As we all know during this pandemic (Covid-19) situation our SME sector is badly affected. The (COVID-19) flare-up shows that pandemics can genuinely unleash destruction on supply chains (SC) around the world. So there is need to more research work should be done in this field so that in future we can tackle-up this kind of worse situation. In our paper we will identify those critical success factors which is very important for sustainable supply chain in terms of management practices. And to measure the impact of Management Practices on performance of SMEs in uttarakhand state, India. Design/methodology/approach –Firstly, to identify all the critical success factors through secondary research (review of papers) and then to measure the impact of Management Practices on SMEs performance. A structured questionnaire was administered on 150 Employees at managerial level to collect the data from manufacturing Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs) of uttarakhand, Inda. Hypothesis were formulated and tested by using SPSS. Findings – There is a significant relationship between management practices in the context of Sustainable strategic operation and Economic performance of SMEs in Uttarakhand. Management attitude and perspective towards sustainability have not much impact on economic performance Practical implications – The research has direct implications for research scholars working in the field of determining the impact of Management practices on SME's performance, its growth and development, This study contributes to the continuing research of supply chain sustainability and provides supply chain managers with a practical approach for measuring and implementing sustainability practices across the supply chains.