Supply-chain integration: Implications for mass customization, modularization and postponement strategies

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 352-361

  Mikkola, Juliana Hsuan ^a   Skjøtt Larsen, Tage ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Mass customization; Modularization; Postponement; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OUTSOURCING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MASS CUSTOMIZATION; MODULARIZATION; POSTPONEMENT; SUPPLY-CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 3142749667     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0953728042000238845     Document Type: Review

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