The supply chain issues, and their attributes are derived from the supply chain organisation (SCO) ecosystem. The SCO's strategic and operational issue attributes from the weakness-rationality limits-risk-dissatisfaction (WRRD) model influence the firm's performance, evaluated using pooled confirmatory factor analysis (PCFA) and SEM methods using SCO's orientation-performance modelling. A study of 218 micro and small manufacturing enterprises in Eastern India shows that SCO's orientation-performance model suggests a good fit. Results suggest these industries prioritise rationality over risk issues proactively and use reactive enablers to address dissatisfaction more than weakness issues. Besides strategic-operational, proactive-reactive orientations, risk issues also directly influence the firm's performance, limiting proactive enablers' effectiveness in mitigating risk.