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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: DESIGN, COORDINATION AND OPERATION
Edited by A.G. de Kok and S.C. Graves

CHAPTER 5
Design for Postponement
Jayashankar M. Swaminathan and Hau L. Lee

1. Introduction*  

2. Postponement enablers  

3. Process standardization  

4. Process resequencing  

5. Component standardization  

6. Related strategies and other benefits  

7. Conclusions

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* The first two pages of the chapters are available as PDF file.

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