Improving the interorganizational supply chain through optimization of information flows
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Authors
Lewis, Ira
Talalayevsky, Alexander
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Distribution management
Electronic commerce
Organizational processes
Supply chain management
Transaction costs
Electronic commerce
Organizational processes
Supply chain management
Transaction costs
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2004
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Emerald Publishing
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Coordination is the management of dependencies between activities. Given that supply chains represent the functional integration of many interdependent activities associated with the flow of goods, coordination theory offers a framework for understanding and designing supply chains. Supply chains are separated into two distinct substructures: physical (dealing with the flow and storage of goods) and information (dealing with information associated with those goods). Optimization that alters the storage and movement of information and incorporates the impact of information technology leads to a distinct set of node connections and configurations for each substructure. Our analysis uses transaction cost economics to contrast the differences between structures infused with information technology and traditional supply chains.
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9 p.
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Lewis, Ira, and Alexander Talalayevsky. "Improving the interorganizational supply chain through optimization of information flows." Journal of Enterprise Information Management (2004).
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.