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Postponement
Abstract
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.
Type
Case
Author(s)
Sunil Chopra, Jeffrey Blount, Peter Meindl, Marek Prach, Danny Su, Fuminori Takemura
Date Published
01/01/1998
Citations
Chopra, Sunil, Jeffrey Blount, Peter Meindl, Marek Prach, Danny Su, and Fuminori Takemura. Postponement. Case 7-204-250 (KEL128).
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