| Autor: |
Haartman, Robin Von, Wang, Weihong, Bengtsson, Lars, Niss, Camilla, Herdin, Gunnar |
| Zdroj: |
International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management; 2020, Vol. 34 Issue: 1 p25-45, 21p |
| Abstrakt: |
Given that aligning supply chain strategies with changing product characteristics across the phases of the product life cycle is increasingly important, this study investigates the changes in supply and demand uncertainty when a product enters the decline phase and how these changes in turn affect the supply chain strategies applied. Based on four case studies, the analysis reveals that the uncertainties increase in three of four cases when the product enters the decline phase, and that the type of uncertainty, as well as the related challenges, depends on the product's initial uncertainty of supply and demand. This implies that companies need to redesign their supply chain strategies towards either more lean or more agile supply chains, or combinations thereof, when the products are declining. |
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