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Apr 26, 2012
Study on Postponement in Supply Chain Management
Authors: Donghong Zeng [email protected], Weisheng An [email protected], and Lei Xiao [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: International Conference on Transportation Engineering 2007
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This paper introduces the connotation of postponement, constructs two simple models for evaluation the cost of original supply chain and postponement supply chain. Then author compares the cost of two models from the angel of demand variety, demand uncertainty and inventory cost by data, and discussed when it may be worthwhile to application the postponement in supply chain.
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© 2007 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Benefit cost ratios
- Business management
- Continuum mechanics
- Dynamics (solid mechanics)
- Engineering mechanics
- Financial management
- Freight transportation
- Infrastructure
- Inventories
- Logistics
- Motion (dynamics)
- Practice and Profession
- Solid mechanics
- Supply chain management
- Transportation engineering
- Uncertainty principles
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Science Research Office, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031;. E-mail: [email protected]
College of Traffic & Transportation, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031. E-mail: [email protected]
College of Traffic & Transportation, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031. E-mail: [email protected]
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