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It assists organizations in monitoring their performance concerning social, environmental, and economic factors to bolster sustainability. Yet, implementing SSCM poses significant challenges for most organizations, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This study aims to identify key barriers and strategies for overcoming them in SMEs. A thorough literature review revealed 80 barriers across nine categories: technological, economic and financial, supplier, information, market and networking, human resources, social and cultural, regulatory and institutional, and organizational barriers. Eight experts from SMEs in focus group discussions considered 55 relevant barriers and prioritized them using the best\u2013worst method. Then, based on the top 15 barriers they deemed key, they adapted and improved 24 strategies based on the literature that, in their opinion, could support the implementation of and improve the SSCM in SMEs. 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