Postponement strategies in supply chain management

Within supply chain management (SCM), postponement is a deliberate action to delay final manufacturing or distribution of a product until receipt of a customer order. This reduces the incidence of wrong manufacturing or incorrect inventory deployment. Postponement strategies and practices serve to r...

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Main Author: Cheng, T. C. E.
Other Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: New York ; London : Springer, ©2010.
New York ; London : [2010]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 166 pages) : illustrations.
Series: International series in operations research & management science ; 143.
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