While the poor response implications of supply are often not elaborated on in the literature, pos... more While the poor response implications of supply are often not elaborated on in the literature, postponement has recently been mentioned as a useful tool for managing supply risk and disruptions. To interpret this in a more complete manner, this paper has attempted to explore the role of postponement in supply chain risk management from a complexity perspective.
Abstract Much attention has been centered on the concept of postponement. This concept is viewed ... more Abstract Much attention has been centered on the concept of postponement. This concept is viewed as a vital element in any agile strategy and attractive in principle. However, its application is to a lesser extent than expected and little is still known about its implementation by manufacturers. Based on postponement literature, this paper proposes a framework of postponed manufacturing and examines its impact on global competitive performance.
International Journal of Production Research, Jan 1, 2003
As a marketing, logistics and manufacturing concept, postponement has been around in the literatu... more As a marketing, logistics and manufacturing concept, postponement has been around in the literature for a long time. Its application can also be dated to the 1920s. However, only in recent times has it been used as a supply chain strategy. Postponement fosters a new way of thinking about product design, process design and supply chain management. In this paper, we rethink the supply chain from a postponement point of view and present the implications of postponement for the decoupling point, supply chain integration, control of the supply chain and capacity planning issues. The objective is to extend the significance of postponement towards the perspective of a holistic supply chain context.
Abstract: It has long been recognized that one of the most important tasks for any organization t... more Abstract: It has long been recognized that one of the most important tasks for any organization to cope with is uncertainties. However, uncertainty in the business environment has still been the main cause of failure in industry. The paper investigates the role of postponement in the management of uncertainty. The concept of postponement is developed to include product development postponement, purchasing postponement, production postponement and logistics postponement. These postponement strategies ...
Abstract: The concept of postponement has a long history of academic literature and practical app... more Abstract: The concept of postponement has a long history of academic literature and practical applications. The recent literature has also well documented that the need for postponement is driven by today's market and business environment. However, its applications are still not as widespread as expected. Therefore, we are interested in what factors enable or hinder the successful implementation of postponement. After a review on postponement, we propose an integrated framework that will help to develop a set of ...
The need for postponement is significantly driven by today's busines... more The need for postponement is significantly driven by today's business and marketing environment. However, currently its applications are still not as widespread as expected. Therefore, this paper empirically investigates what factors hinder the adoption and implementation of postponement, and whether postponement applications are expected to increase in practice. Following a literature review on how to prompt and progress postponement applications, we present our research design. Namely, a questionnaire ...
It has been well documented that the growing importance of postponement is significantly driven b... more It has been well documented that the growing importance of postponement is significantly driven by the current business environment. However, there has been an absence of empirical research supporting this implication. Therefore, a questionnaire survey was conducted (by way of both post and e-mail) with a random sample of 368 British manufacturing companies across four industrial sectors to investigate the implementation of postponement. A total of 76 usable responses were received giving an overall response rate of 20.7%. After presenting research questions and hypotheses, this paper first reviews the methods previously used in postponement research, and then presents the research methodology for this research. The results from data analysis indicate that the relationships among the variables (postponement, uncertainty, managerial practices, and company performance) were significant and positive. However, the respondents expected postponement to be less used in three years. Finally, we draw some conclusions, determine limitations of our research, and make some suggestions for further research.
Purpose–The purpose of this paper was to investigate the effects of postponement in the context o... more Purpose–The purpose of this paper was to investigate the effects of postponement in the context of environmentally sound management. Design/methodology/approach–The paper examined the environmental issues for a postponement strategy, with transport as a mediating factor. It also investigated the impact of related practices (eg just in time, e-commerce, vendor managed inventory and factory gate pricing) on transport.
While the poor response implications of supply are often not elaborated on in the literature, pos... more While the poor response implications of supply are often not elaborated on in the literature, postponement has recently been mentioned as a useful tool for managing supply risk and disruptions. To interpret this in a more complete manner, this paper has attempted to explore the role of postponement in supply chain risk management from a complexity perspective.
Abstract Much attention has been centered on the concept of postponement. This concept is viewed ... more Abstract Much attention has been centered on the concept of postponement. This concept is viewed as a vital element in any agile strategy and attractive in principle. However, its application is to a lesser extent than expected and little is still known about its implementation by manufacturers. Based on postponement literature, this paper proposes a framework of postponed manufacturing and examines its impact on global competitive performance.
International Journal of Production Research, Jan 1, 2003
As a marketing, logistics and manufacturing concept, postponement has been around in the literatu... more As a marketing, logistics and manufacturing concept, postponement has been around in the literature for a long time. Its application can also be dated to the 1920s. However, only in recent times has it been used as a supply chain strategy. Postponement fosters a new way of thinking about product design, process design and supply chain management. In this paper, we rethink the supply chain from a postponement point of view and present the implications of postponement for the decoupling point, supply chain integration, control of the supply chain and capacity planning issues. The objective is to extend the significance of postponement towards the perspective of a holistic supply chain context.
Abstract: It has long been recognized that one of the most important tasks for any organization t... more Abstract: It has long been recognized that one of the most important tasks for any organization to cope with is uncertainties. However, uncertainty in the business environment has still been the main cause of failure in industry. The paper investigates the role of postponement in the management of uncertainty. The concept of postponement is developed to include product development postponement, purchasing postponement, production postponement and logistics postponement. These postponement strategies ...
Abstract: The concept of postponement has a long history of academic literature and practical app... more Abstract: The concept of postponement has a long history of academic literature and practical applications. The recent literature has also well documented that the need for postponement is driven by today's market and business environment. However, its applications are still not as widespread as expected. Therefore, we are interested in what factors enable or hinder the successful implementation of postponement. After a review on postponement, we propose an integrated framework that will help to develop a set of ...
The need for postponement is significantly driven by today's busines... more The need for postponement is significantly driven by today's business and marketing environment. However, currently its applications are still not as widespread as expected. Therefore, this paper empirically investigates what factors hinder the adoption and implementation of postponement, and whether postponement applications are expected to increase in practice. Following a literature review on how to prompt and progress postponement applications, we present our research design. Namely, a questionnaire ...
It has been well documented that the growing importance of postponement is significantly driven b... more It has been well documented that the growing importance of postponement is significantly driven by the current business environment. However, there has been an absence of empirical research supporting this implication. Therefore, a questionnaire survey was conducted (by way of both post and e-mail) with a random sample of 368 British manufacturing companies across four industrial sectors to investigate the implementation of postponement. A total of 76 usable responses were received giving an overall response rate of 20.7%. After presenting research questions and hypotheses, this paper first reviews the methods previously used in postponement research, and then presents the research methodology for this research. The results from data analysis indicate that the relationships among the variables (postponement, uncertainty, managerial practices, and company performance) were significant and positive. However, the respondents expected postponement to be less used in three years. Finally, we draw some conclusions, determine limitations of our research, and make some suggestions for further research.
Purpose–The purpose of this paper was to investigate the effects of postponement in the context o... more Purpose–The purpose of this paper was to investigate the effects of postponement in the context of environmentally sound management. Design/methodology/approach–The paper examined the environmental issues for a postponement strategy, with transport as a mediating factor. It also investigated the impact of related practices (eg just in time, e-commerce, vendor managed inventory and factory gate pricing) on transport.
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