The essence of supply chain collaboration: a consideration of information sharing types and benefits (SC-Info-Shr)

The goal of this paper is to identify the types of information that are shared in a supply chain (SC) and the benefits created when sharing. Additionally, to explore and classify the associations between information types and benefits. This will reveal which type generates most benefits. Three multicriteria decision making (MCDM) methods are applied to find the types of information that generate most benefits in a SC. MCDM methods can help evaluate the information in a complex problem like this. The results of all three methodologies showed an agreement on what information is most useful and most profitable for the success of the SC, when shared. The findings will benefit businesses and SCs on the development of new information management practices. Furthermore, the current paper will create a stimulus for new research on the SC coordination issue. Finally, it discusses SC's future in the digitisation era. This paper fills the literature gap by classifying the information types that are shared in a SC by linking them to the benefits of sharing.