Information Sharing and Supply Chain Management A Review on Literature

Information sharing is not just a concept but could be considered as a computable construct which helps to improve supply chain performance. This paper reviews information sharing within supply chain management literature. Based on the reviewed papers, the literature is categorized into four main classes: information sharing and supply chain performance , critical parameters in information sharing , information sharing models and information sharing evaluation models . Advantages and restrictions of the presented papers in each category are discussed and finally a list of issues requiring further researches is highlighted.

Keywords:

information sharing , supply chain , evaluation , performance