Abstract

This paper focuses on the topic of relationship between flexibility of supply chain and information sharing among partners with emphasis on their managerial practices. Since nowadays competition increases, enterprises give more importance to their supply chain management. Our paper provides a complex look on the issues of flexibility and information sharing in Slovak automotive industry and their interdependences. The main aim of this study is to identify relationships between shared information and flexible parameters of supply chains in automotive industry. Achieved results provide a current image of how supply chain management is handled in Slovakia’s most significant industry. Our findings indicate that there is a significant dependence between types of information shared and different flexibility types.

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  • This paper focuses on the topic of relationship between flexibility of supply chain and information sharing among partners with emphasis on their managerial practices

  • This research focused on examining the issues of the building partnerships within supply chains and on information sharing with partners

  • The first set of indicators consists of five types of flexibilities as drafted by literature review. Our research examined these flexibilities types: contract flexibility (CFL), volume flexibility (VFL), product mix flexibility (PFL), delivery flexibility (DFL) and manufacturing flexibility (MFL)

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Introduction

This paper focuses on the topic of relationship between flexibility of supply chain and information sharing among partners with emphasis on their managerial practices. The main aim of this study is to identify relationships between shared information and flexible parameters of supply chains in automotive industry. Overall research the sample consists of 145 companies since 6 companies stated that they neither create partnerships nor share information with partners in supply chain.

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