The Analysis of the Levels of Information Sharing in Supply Chain and Its Impact Factors
Fu Jiang · Industrial Engineering and Management · 2003
Information sharing is a key factor to supply chain management. According to the contents, targets and functions of information sharing, the paper divides information sharing into three levels, namely working information level, management information level and strategy information level. The levels of information sharing are different from the characteristics of supply chain. The main impact factors are characteristics of products, manufacture models, exchange forms, fellow relationship between members, and degrees of IT usefulness in the members. Just because of these factors, an enterprise in supply chain only fits a certain level of information sharing. Thus, enterprises in supply chain must evaluate those factors and choose a proper level of information sharing.