An integrated approach of sustainable procurement and procurement postponement for the multi-product, assemble-to-order (ATO) production system
Abstract Postponement strategy is mainly used to handle the perceived variety and actual variety of product in the most cost effective way. However, postponement strategy has never been used by researchers in procurement to reduce cost and to enhance overall flexibility of the process. This paper gi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Engenharia de Produção (ABEPRO)
2016-06-01
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Series: | Production |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-65132016000200249&lng=en&tlng=en |