Study the Role of Information Management and sharing it in Supply Chain

Abstract

The present study examines the important role of management and information sharing among supply chain partners of product or service. The existence of effective information and sharing this information with other partners in the supply chain of a product greatly helps organizations to be able to coordinate and adapt themselves with these changes in customers’ needs and demands. In this study the role of information management and sharing it in the supply chain is studied. The statistic population of this study is national company of oil products distribution of Kermanshah province. By using Random sampling questionnaire has been distributed among managers and staff. To test the hypothesis that presented in this study using SPSS and AMOS Softwares and appropriate statistical methods to analyze information. The results showed that information sharing among the members of the supply chain which will cause the supply chain partner’s coordination and solidarity. Consequently٫ the partners can manage their relationships better and information sharing among the members of the supply chain will also provide business benefits for them. These factors٫ in turn٫ will lead to better performance of the supply chain and increase the customer satisfaction.

Keywords

• information management
• information sharing
• supply chain