Chapter 10 Coordinated Product and Supply Chain Design

ContentDesign for logistics; Postponement and Implementing Delayed Differentiation; Supplier Integration into New Product Development; Mass Customization.

EmphasisPostponement and Implementing Delayed Differentiation; Supplier Integration into New Product Development; Mass Customization.

ObjectivesHelp students know: 1) Postponement and Implementing Delayed Differentiation; 2) How to integrate suppliers into new product development; 3) why mass customization?

Hours4

Case studyHP DeskJet Printer Supply Chain

Homework

1. Read the papers in relation to this field in various Journals(2000-2013).

  • International of Production Economics

  • Supply Chain Management-An International Journal

  • International Journal of Operations & Production Management

  • Computer and Industrial Engineering

  • International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management

2. Read and compare the Postponed Strategies from the following books:

 

1)

Designing and Managing the Supply Chain

David Simchi-Levi

Philip Kaminsky

Edith Simchi-Levi

McGraw-Hill Companies

2009

2)

Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Martin Christopher

Prentice Hall

2005

3)

Supply Chain Logistics Management

Donald J. Bowersox

David J. Closs

China Machine Press

2002