Postponement strategy for international transfer of products in a global SUPPL.y chain: A system dynamics examination

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 167-179

  Choi, Kanghwa ^a   Narasimhan, Ram ^b   Kim, Soo Wook ^c  

^a Hansung University   (South Korea)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Decoupling points; Dynamic simulation; Global SUPPL.y chain; Postponement

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS; COST DIFFERENCES; DECOUPLING POINT; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; GLOBAL OPERATIONS; KEY VARIABLES; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; OVERALL COSTS; POSTPONEMENT; POSTPONEMENT STRATEGIES; PRODUCTION-DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; SHIPPING POINT; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS SIMULATION; TOTAL COSTS;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

SYSTEM THEORY;

EID: 84862785205     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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