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There have been significant attempts in the extant literature to understand developments in supply chain management (SCM). The concept of SCM was first introduced by [1], who suggested that success of industrial business is dependent on the “interactions between flows of information, materials, manpower and capital equipment”. But the term “supply chain” did not become popular until early 1980s [2]. Only handful of articles mentioned the phrase “supply chain” in the period 1985-1997. The acceleration in development of SCM paradigm took place only in late 1990s, with majority of theoretical and empirical investigation starting in 1997 [3, 4]. The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) defines SCM as it “encompasses the planning and management of all activities involved in sourcing and procurement, conversion, and all logistics management activities. Importantly, it also includes coordination and collaboration with channel partners, which can be suppliers, intermediaries, third party service providers, and customers. In essence, SCM integrates supply and demand management within and across companies”[5]. This paper deals with presenting an overview of integration and its various elements in SC. The terms like coordination (joint operation), collaboration (working jointly), cooperation and coordination are complementary to each other and when used in the context of SC can easily be considered as a part of supply chain integration (SCI). Integration is the quality of collaboration that exists among clusters to achieve an effective, efficient and united system.[6] define SCI as the degree to which a manufacturer …