Title :
Select of Supply Chain Postponement Strategy Based on Products
Author :
Pu, Wang ; Qian, Li
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Manage. & Econ., Beijing Inst. of Technol., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Previous supply chain postponement strategy research mainly focused on the optimization of inventory and lead time based on the process of products in circulation. Product orders, as the key supply chain driving factors, which reflects the characteristics of products. Therefore, on the basis of summarizing the pre-existing research findings, the suitable postponement strategies are discussed according to different products and their different stage of life cycles. The discussion is based on the supply chain which is built around the manufacturer.
Keywords :
inventory management; product life cycle management; supply chain management; inventory optimization; product life cycle; supply chain postponement strategy; Manufacturing; Marketing and sales; Procurement; Raw materials; Supply chains;
Conference_Titel :
Management and Service Science (MASS), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5325-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5326-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICMSS.2010.5576817
