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Innovative strategies such as Lean, Agile, Resilient and Green emerged as a response to global competition situation, requiring high levels of cooperation and of great complexity. However, the strategic alignment of operations with partners in supply chains is affected by lack of interoperability. The present work provides two decision-models to enhance SC competitiveness and performance by assessing interoperable SCM Practices applied in automotive industry and a methodology to design cooperation using the systematic approach of Axiomatic Design.