Information Availability The availability of information plays an important role in supply chain integration In some cases,the supply chain must be designed to make this information available In other cases,the supply chain strategy must be designed to take advantage of information that is already available(e.g.,POS) -In many cases,an expensive network must be designed to compensate for the lack of informationInformation Availability The availability of information plays an important role in supply chain integration. „ In some cases, the supply chain must be designed to make this information available „ In other cases, the supply chain strategy must be designed to take advantage of information that is already available (e.g., POS) „ In many cases, an expensive network must be designed to compensate for the lack of information