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Case
Postponement
Author(s)
This note describes the concept of postponement of product variety and how it may be used to better match supply and demand while lowering inventories. The note discusses situations where postponement is more or less valuable. Several industry examples of postponement are discussed.
Date Published:
01/01/1998
Discipline:
Manufacturing;Operations
Key Concepts:
Inventory Management, Postponement, Supply Chain
Citations:
Chopra, Sunil, Jeffrey Blount, Peter Meindl, Marek Prach, Danny Su, Fuminori Takemura. Postponement. 7-204-250 (KEL128).
