On the performance of sparse process structures in partial postponement production systems

• Main Authors: Chou, Mabel C., Chua, Geoffrey A., Zheng, Huan
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Operations management
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106715; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25038
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Production postponement, the strategy to hold reserved production capacity that can be deployed based on actual demand signals, is often used to mitigate supply-demand mismatch risk. The effectiveness of this strategy depends crucially on the ease, or flexibility, in deploying the reserved capacity...