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THE OPTIMAL COMBINATION OF POSTPONEMENT OPERATIONS IN A SUPPLY CHAIN

Hsin Rau, Ching-Kuo Liu

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In modeling postponement, most researchers focus on the manufacturing postponement; whereas this study extends it to the postponement of supply chain operations, namely, manufacturing, packaging, and logistics. We use a notebook computer supply chain as an example to model the optimal combinations among these operations' postponement. The results of this study can serve as a management tool to help determine the optimal supply chain operations for taking various postponements into consideration.

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In modeling postponement, most researchers focus on the manufacturing postponement; whereas this study extends it to the postponement of supply chain operations, namely, manufacturing, packaging, and logistics. We use a notebook computer supply chain as an example to model the optimal combinations among these operations' postponement. The results of this study can serve as a management tool to help determine the optimal supply chain operations for taking various postponements into consideration.

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In modeling postponement, most researchers focus on the manufacturing postponement; whereas this study extends it to the postponement of supply chain operations, namely, manufacturing, packaging, and logistics. We use a notebook computer supply chain as an example to model the optimal combinations among these operations' postponement. The results of this study can serve as a management tool to help determine the optimal supply chain operations for taking various postponements into consideration.

Key concepts: Postponement, Supply chain, Supply chain management, Supply chain risk management, Manufacturing engineering, Operations management, Focus (optics), Business

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