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How should you stabilise your supply chains?
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posted on 2023-06-08, 12:21 authored by Alex Hill, Desmond Doran, Roy StrattonThis case based research paper examines the stabilisation strategies used within seven supply chains and presents a framework to help practitioners stabilise their chains. The findings show that organisations should first select a cushioning strategy and then reduce demand uncertainty to lower the level of cushion held. However, they need to recognise that other organisations within the supply chain are making similar decisions and the whole supply chain needs to be stabilised. Despite this, businesses seem to only share information about their demand uncertainty-reducing mechanisms and not their cushioning strategies. This means that companies often make decisions in isolation of each other, which can then destabilise the chain.
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- Published
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International Journal of Production EconomicsISSN
0925-5273Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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2Volume
135Page range
870-881Department affiliated with
- Business and Management Publications
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2012-09-25Usage metrics
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