The article proposes a methodical approach for taking into account the information component when prices are set for the production of machine-building enterprises. It is proposed to form the price of the finished product of machine-building enterprises, including the surcharge to the price, which takes into account the value of the information component of the product. The methodical approach is based on the system of statistical and mathematical assessment of the risk of impairment of the information component of the product, thus taking into account the level of price risk. It is proposed to calculate the value of the information component of the machine-building enterprises’ products and in supply chains, taking into account the different levels of value created by means of expert assessments and the calculation of the value ratio. The methodological approach is universal in the field of pricing in the management of supply chains.
Keywords: cost of information, value, price, machine-building enterprises, assessment of price risk in supply chains, information in the composition of the price of goods, information in the supply chain system.