Purpose

To improve supply chain performance, companies are now exploring new pathways including industry-wide data sharing initiatives along complex supply chains. The purpose of this paper is to stimulate research in this field by describing the benefits, obstacles and the governance required for supply chain data sharing initiatives.

Design/methodology/approach

Based on publicly available information complemented by interviews with practitioners, the authors describe how companies are establishing ambitious data sharing infrastructure and initiatives along their supply chains.

Findings

The authors describe how data sharing along supply chains is becoming increasingly important for many companies and how the automotive sector is working towards establishing a digital infrastructure for data sharing that could support a wide range of use cases. The article emphasises the importance of studying the governance of data ecosystems using new theoretical approaches. Finally, the authors suggest three areas for future research on data ecosystems, including their governance, the learning dynamics that will drive their adoption and their relationship with broader system-level changes.

Originality/value

This paper is the first, to the authors’ knowledge, that depicts how industry-wide data-sharing initiatives are expected to have an impact on supply chain performance. The authors highlight factors that affect the development and implementation of these initiatives along supply chains.

中文翻译：

---

复杂供应链中数据共享的出现

目的

为了提高供应链绩效，企业现在正在探索新的途径，包括沿着复杂的供应链实施全行业数据共享计划。本文的目的是通过描述供应链数据共享计划的好处、障碍和所需的治理来促进该领域的研究。

设计/方法论/途径

基于公开信息并辅以对从业者的采访，作者描述了公司如何在其供应链中建立雄心勃勃的数据共享基础设施和举措。

发现

作者描述了供应链上的数据共享如何对许多公司变得越来越重要，以及汽车行业如何努力建立可支持广泛用例的数据共享数字基础设施。本文强调了使用新的理论方法研究数据生态系统治理的重要性。最后，作者提出了数据生态系统未来研究的三个领域，包括其治理、推动其采用的学习动态以及它们与更广泛的系统级变化的关系。

原创性/价值

据作者所知，本文是第一篇描述全行业数据共享举措预计将如何对供应链绩效产生影响的论文。作者强调了影响供应链中这些举措的制定和实施的因素。