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| Author: | Graves, S.C. Tomlin, B.T. |
| Title: | Process flexibility in supply chains |
| Journal: | Management Science
2003 : JUL, VOL. 49:7, p. 907-919 |
| Index terms: | Allocation Capacity Flexibility Products Supply chain |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Process flexibility, whereby a production facility can produce multiple products, is a critical design consideration in multiproduct supply chains facing uncertain demand. The challenge is to determine a cost-effective flexibility configuration that is able to meet the demand with high likelihood. The authors present a framework for analyzing the benefits from flexibility in multistage supply chains. Two phenomena, stage-spanning bottlenecks and floating bottlenecks are found, and neither of them are present in single-stage supply chains, which reduce the effectiveness of a flexibility configuration. |
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