Supply chain management is one of the fast growing fields in today’s competitive business world. With the invention of new technologies and advancements in the field of electronics, management of organizations have started to realize the importance of e-business strategies. One of these strategies is e-supply chain which might prove more valuable due to speed and flexibility in tracking of items all across the supply chain. Since e-supply chain management is one of the modern strategies hence it may also face strong barriers to its implementation like any other latest and innovative strategy. Overcoming these barriers would only be possible if these barriers are clearly identified. Management of organizations has strong role to play in training of people on e-supply chain strategies. This paper primarily focuses on identification of e-supply chain barriers in services industry of Pakistan along with brief comparisons with manufacturing sector industry. The research has shown that e-supply chain could be very beneficial for its practitioners and promises for greater returns and rewards. The research has further classified people resistance to change, cultural compatibility of different organizations and training issues as common barriers to implementation of e-supply chain for both services and manufacturing sector industries, however, up-gradation of internal processes and privacy issues could be some additional challenges being faced by the manufacturing sector industry of the country.

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