Collective Outsourcing to Market (COM): A Market-Based Framework for Information Supply Chain Outsourcing

• Main Authors: FANG, Fang, GUO, Zhiling, WHINSTON, Andrew B.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2008
• Subjects: information supply chain; market mechanism; outsourcing; demand forecasting; Computer Sciences; Management Information Systems; Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1862; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/2861/viewcontent/Collective_Outsourcing_COM_pv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper discusses the importance of and a solution to separating the information flow from the physical product flow in a supply chain. Motivated by the inefficient demand forecast caused by information asymmetry and lack of an incentive among supply chain partners to share valuable information,...