Resumen en español

Nowadays implementing cooperation strategies between the members of the supply chain has been an important research topic in order to obtain a more reactive and flexible supply chain in the highly and competitive markets. However, few studies have been done on the impact of such cooperation strategies at one of the lower short-term decision levels: production scheduling. This paper is devoted to the study of information sharing between the members of the supply chain in a dynamic context. We consider a typical make-to-order direct sell supply chain without finished products inventory, similar to that implemented by Internet PC sellers. We compare various scheduling algorithms that are able to take into account future information from forward member of the supply chain. A simulation study is developed in order to get some insights about the impact of information sharing on the performance of the chain. Our results suggest improvement in the performance that shows the importance of collaboration and information sharing between the members of the chain.