Information Coordination in Supply Chain Systems

Risks and inspiration of information sharing

Information exchange in supply chain cannot be carried out freely because enterprises are independent economic entities. From the point of economics view, risks in information sharing are original from the enterprise’s behavior of opportunism. From the point of management view, that the desire conflict, hard supervising and possible leakiness of secret information blocks the enterprise’s enthusiasm to share information. So the implementation of information sharing needs keeping away risks and inspiration. The measures for former include selecting appropriate partners, discriminating the information from partners, establishing mechanism of risk alert and coordination. The measures for latter include discount policies, inspiriting with price and mode of return.