...Tobin E. Porterfield; Joseph P. Bailey; Philip T. Evers Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance effects of information exchange by observing actual information exchange between industrial trading partners. Information exchange facilitates coordination through sharing both...

...Keah Choon Tan; Vijay R. Kannan; Chin‐Chun Hsu; G. Keong Leong Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of inter‐organization information exchange on supply chain information and relational alignment. Drawing on literature on information systems, supply chain management...

... of the ideas of the literature and practitioner's on value of information is shown in this study. Vahid Mirzabeiki can be contacted at: vahid.mirzabeiki@chalmers.se © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Supply chain management Information exchange Information transfer Partners Value chain...

..., the underlying determinants of varying postponement strategies are reviewed. Supply chain management Information exchange Supplier relations China Postponement is defined as a strategy that intentionally delays the execution of a task, instead of starting it with incomplete or unreliable...

... study data from 16 Finnish companies: RQ1. How and for what purposes do companies use interfirm IS in SCM? © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Supply chain management Information systems Information exchange Finland For the purposes of examining the use of IS in SCM...

... of advance demand data would be valuable to the supplier for successful replenishment planning in cases of VMI, frequency and means of information exchange. Design/methodology/approach The work is based on a literature review and a multiple case study where both successful and unsuccessful VMI...

... be contacted at: T.Thron@kent.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Supply chain management Demand forecasting Information exchange The simulation model used for the investigation consists of three main suppliers serving the particular manufacturer which is then serving the DCs...

.... This study is a first attempt at filling this gap in the theory. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Information exchange New products Demand Point of sale Simulation Shorter product life cycles and increasing numbers of product introductions are important trends in many industries...

... Information exchange Nowadays competition among companies is becoming keen and no longer between companies and companies, but supply chains to supply chains (Christopher, 1992). In order to enhance their competitive edge, companies must continuously strive to seek defensive and offensive approaches so...

... employed by the manufacturer. Supply‐chain management Demand forecasting Information exchange Production planning Inventory control In this paper, we build on the research and visibility models presented by Lee et al. (2000) , Disney and Towill (2001) and Silver et al...

...Christopher R. Moberg; Bob D. Cutler; Andrew Gross; Thomas W. Speh Although information exchange among trading partners is consistently mentioned as a key requirement of successful supply chain management implementation, research on information exchange is scarce. This lack of research provides...

... of a cross‐platform data exchange system which is able to facilitate the formulation of a customer‐driven supply chain network, thereby enhancing the competitive edge of companies on a local and global basis. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Supply chain Information systems Information exchange Supplies...

... or owners of their respective firms, and thus should be familiar with the potential benefits of, and barriers to, EDI (see Table II). © MCB UP Limited 1999 EDI Freight forwarding Information exchange Information systems Logistics Electronic data interchange (EDI) can be defined...

... on the findings from the two methods. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Distribution Information exchange Logistics Outsourcing Supply chain This section provides a short overview of the iterature on virtual integration/ ICT and logistics. A variety of books have been published about the coming...

... a multi‐faceted measure of JIT success. Analyses data from 130 businesses to test five research hypotheses. Finds that supplier certification programmes and availability of information exchange systems between the firm and its suppliers are significantly better predictors of JIT success than geographical...

.... Electronic data interchange technology confers direct benefits through lower transaction costs,faster response times and more cost‐effective service to customers. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Electronic data processing Distribution channels Organizational structure Information exchange Corporate...