TY  - JOUR
AB  - 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.
VL  - 17
IS  - 3
SN  - 1741-0398
DO  - 10.1108/17410390410531470
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/17410390410531470
AU  - Lewis Ira
AU  - Talalayevsky Alexander
PY  - 2004
Y1  - 2004/01/01
TI  - Improving the interorganizational supply chain through optimization of information flows
T2  - Journal of Enterprise Information Management
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 229
EP  - 237
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -