Internal information sharing

EPA announced that the United States intended to participate in an international information sharing program sponsored by the United Nations called the Prior Informed Consent Program. 57 Fed. Reg. 58390 (Dec. 9,1992). 

Relative to the still highly informal nature of the natural products trade, there many factors responsible for this low international market share. Some of these include (1) The lack of ethnobotanical information on the uses, attributes and commercial value of African plants and their products (2) The lack of quality standards, weak control and product standardization practices (3)... 

Lee, H.L., Whang, S. (2000). Information sharing in a supply chain. International Journal of Technology Management, 20(flA), 373. 

Internal and external information sharing, including marketing function initiatives such as promotions. 

Deploying customer profitability Customer profitability shared internally Profitability shared with the customer Information used in negotiations to facilitate new ways of working together... 

Collaboration CGR Management Consultants defines it as joint planning and execution of supply chain activities. These activities can range from new product development to day-to-day operations. Collaboration includes all aspects of the relationship related to physical movement, information sharing, financial flows, and exchange of intellectual property. Collaboration is also defined as internal between people and functions and external between supply chain companies. The Supply-Chain Council defines collaboration as A relationship built on trust that is benchmarked by the commitment to the team objective and where consensus may not always be achievable but where nothing takes place without the commitment of all involved. ... 

Fawcett, S., P. Osterhaus, G. Magnan, J. Brau, and M. McCarter. 2007. Information sharing and supply chain performance The role of connectivity and willingness. Supply Chain Management An International Journal. 12(5) 358-368. 

AirCollab provides generic collaboration services based on its customized standard collaborative solution Microsoft Sharepoint. It enables turnkey collaboration with external partners and internal teams by using collaboration utilities like e-meeting and pre-defined templates for collaborative project management and information sharing. For the aftermarket it maintains a reference document library. 

Next to these considerations, further research should focus on the question, if cognitive closeness to customers facilitates the information exchange between employees and users, as suggested by Nooteboom (2000). From a theoretic point of view, embedded lead users should be able to both absorb external information (from users) and desorb internal information (to users) easier than non-user employees. The underlying reason is a shared cognition, but also shared norms and values which facilitate the transfer. 

When we talk about control of the supply chain and its visibility, the issue of information sharing and exchange, i.e. info-partnering, gains primary importance. Indeed, the research results show that 61.5% of entities that combine information management with keeping their position in the supply chain declared that the development of internal relations in the supply chain was a priority for them in information management. 

Zhao, X., Xie, J., Zhang, W. J. (2002). The impact of information sharing and ordering coordination on supply chain performance. Supply Chain Management An International Journal, 7(1), 24—40. 

These aims are achieved through the use of their website www.beai.org. through their publication of the BEAI Spectrum Journal, which is currently produced three times a year. The aims are also achieved by information sharing and networking at their Annual Scientific Meeting, attendance at international Meetings, and smaller educational meetings. 

Baihaqi, I., Beaumont, N. and Sohal, A. 2008. Information sharing in supply chains a survey of Australian manufacturing. International Review of Business Research Papers, 4, 1-12. 

Byrne, P.J. and Heavey, C. 2006. The impact of information sharing and forecasting in capacitated industrial supply chains a case study. International Journal of Production Economics, 103, 420-437. 

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