Study on customization manufacturing of small and medium-sized enterprise cluster based on postponement

In enterprises’ supply chain, the most important character of the postponement for customization manufacturing is to find out a suitable decoupling point of manufacturing size and customization, and to provide customers with low-cost products efficiently. Based on analyzing the demand of customization manufacturing and the characteristic of supply chain in the small and medium-sized enterprise cluster, we studied customization manufacturing strategy of small and medium-sized enterprise clusters based on postponement. We propose that through utilizing the total advantage of the clusters’ resources, according to the market demand, with the support of information system, and through enterprises cooperation, it is suitable for small and medium-sized enterprise clusters to implement postponement strategy in the purchase, manufacturing, distribution and sale stages of the supply chain. It will be useful to improve the flexibility of enterprises and the efficiency of supply chains, and reduce production costs and product inventory by applying the postponement technique.