The new cognition of supply chain integration: Management interface integration

Abstract

As the basic concept of the management integration, the management interface can indicate the connection ways and mechanism of the node enterprises in the supply chain. According to the analysis on the principle of the management interface integration, three patterns of supply chain management integration is put forward here, which not only provides a new way to research on the supply chain integration, but also adds new connotation for the integrative philosophy in supply chain management.