Production strategies for QR
As the demand by all partners in the supply chain for a QR increases, the greater will be the pressure placed upon manufacturing to meet the customer’s needs for variety in shorter and shorter time-frames.
The answer has to lie in flexibility. As we have already observed, if it were possible to reduce manufacturing and logistics lead-times to zero then total flexibility could be achieved. In other words the organisation could respond to any request that was technologically feasible in any quantity. Whilst zero lead-times are obviously not achievable, the new focus on agility has highlighted the possibility of substantial progress in this direction.
The key to flexibility in manufacturing is not just new technology, ...
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