document: Supply chain infrastructures : system integration and information sharing The need for supply chain integration -LRB- SCI -RRB- methodologies has been increasing as a consequence of the globalization of production and sales , and the advancement of enabling information technologies . In this paper , we describe our experience with implementing and modeling SCIs . We present the integration architecture and the software components of our prototype implementation . We then discuss a variety of information sharing methodologies . Then , within the framework of a multi-echelon supply chain process model spanning multiple organizations , we summarize research on the benefits of intraorganizational knowledge sharing , and we discuss performance scalability
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