Evolution of Knowledge Sharing Model in the Development of Supply Chain Management

There are not only logistics, trade flow and capital flow but also abundant knowledge flow in supply chain. Knowledge complementarity among enterprises is the important basis and prerequisite of supply chain knowledge flowing and knowledge sharing. Based on the perspective of product knowledge complementarity and enterprise interaction in supply chain this paper makes typology for knowledge interaction. According to the three kinds of knowledge interactions: Knowledge One-way Flow, Knowledge Two-way Exchange and Knowledge Linkage, this paper illustrates the evolution process of knowledge sharing model in the development of supply chain management, and divides this process into three stages: Knowledge Chain Transmission Model (KCTM), Network Knowledge Sharing Model (NKSM) and Collaborative Knowledge Sharing Model (CKSM), and finally demonstrates them by related practices in supply chain management.