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 Authors: Cheng, T. C. Edwin. (Author), Li, Jian. (Author), Wan, C. L. Johnny. (Author), Wang, Shouyang. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edition:First.
Series:International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 143
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5837-2