On the Strategy of Supply Hubs for Cost Reduction and Responsiveness

A supply hub is a location generally close to a manufacturer’s facility where all or some of its supplies are warehoused with the agreement that the materials will be paid for only when consumed. Supply hub is an innovative strategy employed by especially the electronics industry to achieve cost red...

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Main Authors:	Barnes, Earl, DAI, Jim, DENG, Shijie, Down, Doug, GOH, Mark, LAU, Hoong Chuin, Moosa, Sharafali
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Language:	English
Published:	Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2003
Subjects:	Supplier Owned Inventory Vendor Managed Inventory Postponement of procurement responsiveness Computer Sciences Management Information Systems
Online Access:	https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1161 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/2160/viewcontent/LauWPStrategySupplyHubsCostReduction.pdf
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description	A supply hub is a location generally close to a manufacturer’s facility where all or some of its supplies are warehoused with the agreement that the materials will be paid for only when consumed. Supply hub is an innovative strategy employed by especially the electronics industry to achieve cost reduction and improved responsiveness. After ﬁrst tracing the developments leading to the establishment of supply hubs, the paper then describes the dynamics of the operation of supply hubs. Case examples are provided to highlight the current practices. Finally, some research issues are identiﬁed.
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author	Barnes, Earl DAI, Jim DENG, Shijie Down, Doug GOH, Mark LAU, Hoong Chuin Moosa, Sharafali
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title	On the Strategy of Supply Hubs for Cost Reduction and Responsiveness
title_short	On the Strategy of Supply Hubs for Cost Reduction and Responsiveness
title_full	On the Strategy of Supply Hubs for Cost Reduction and Responsiveness
title_fullStr	On the Strategy of Supply Hubs for Cost Reduction and Responsiveness
title_full_unstemmed	On the Strategy of Supply Hubs for Cost Reduction and Responsiveness
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publisher	Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate	2003
url	https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1161 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/2160/viewcontent/LauWPStrategySupplyHubsCostReduction.pdf
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On the Strategy of Supply Hubs for Cost Reduction and Responsiveness

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