Linking manufacturing postponement, centralized distribution and value chain flexibility with performance

References

• Abernethy , MA and Lillis , AM . 1995 . The impact of manufacturing flexibility on management control system design . Acc., Organ. Soc. , 20 : 241 – 258 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Armstrong , JS and Overton , TS . 1977 . Estimating nonresponse bias in mail surveys . J. Mark. Res. , 14 : 396 – 402 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Battezzati , L and Magnani , R . Supply chains for FMCG and industrial products in Italy—Practices and advantages of postponement . Int. J. Phys. Dist. Logist. Man. , 30 413 – 424 .
   Google Scholar
• Bollen KA Structural Equations with Latent Variables Wiley Series in Probability and Mathematical Statistics 1989 Wiley New York
   Google Scholar
• Bowersox DJ World class logistics, the challenge of managing continuous change Council of Logistics Management, Oak Brook, II 1995
   Google Scholar
• Bowersox DJ Closs DJ Logistics Management—Integrated Supply Chain Process 1996 McGraw-Hill New York
   Google Scholar
• Boyson , S , Corse , T , Dresner , M and Rabinovich , E . 1999 . Managing effective third party logistics relationships: what does it take? . J. Bus. Logist. , 20 : 73 – 100 .
   Google Scholar
• Bucklin , LP . 1965 . Postponement, speculation and the structure of distribution channels . J. Mark. Res. , 2 : 26 – 31 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chen , IJ , Calantone , RJ and Chung , CH . 1992 . The marketing–manufacturing interface and manufacturing flexibility . Omega , 20 : 431 – 443 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chiou , J , Wu , L and Hsu , JC . 2002 . The adoption of form postponement strategy in a global logistics system: the case of Taiwanese information technology industry . J. Bus. Log. , 23 : 107 – 124 .
   Google Scholar
• Closs , DJ , Roath , AS , Goldsby , TJ , Eckert , JA and Swartz , SM . 1998 . An empirical comparison of anticipatory and response-based supply chain strategies . Int. J. Log. Man. , 9 : 21 – 35 .
   Google Scholar
• Day , GS . 1994 . The capabilities of market-driven organisation . J. Mark. , 58 : 37 – 52 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dow , D , Samson , D and Ford , S . 1999 . Exploding the myth: do all quality management practices contribute to superior quality performance? . Prod. Oper. Man. , 8 : 1 – 27 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Forza , C and Filippini , R . 1998 . TQM impact on quality conformance and customer satisfaction: a causal model . Int. J. Prod. Eco. , 55 : 1 – 20 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Garg , A and Tang , CS . 1997 . On postponement strategies for product families with multiple points of differentiation . II. Transactions , 29 : 641 – 650 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gerwin , D . 1993 . Manufacturing flexibility: a strategic perspective . Management Science , 39 : 395 – 410 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gupta , YP and Somers , TM . 1992 . The measurement of manufacturing flexibility . Euro. J. Op. Res. , 60 : 166 – 182 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kaldenberg , DO , Koenig , HF and Becker , BW . 1994 . Mail survey response rate patterns in a population of the elderly . Pub. Op. Quart. , 58 : 68 – 76 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lee , HL , Billington , C and Carter , B . 1993 . Hewlett Packard gains control of inventory and service through design for localization . Interfaces , 23 : 1 – 11 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Milgrom , P and Roberts , J . 1990 . The economics of modern manufacturing: technology, strategy, and organisation . Am. Eco. Rev. , 80 : 511 – 528 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Narasimhan , R and Carter , JR . 1998 . Linking business unit and material sourcing strategies . J. Bus. Log. , 19 : 155 – 171 .
   Google Scholar
• Naylor , JB , Naim , MM and Berry , D . 1999 . Leagility: integrating the lean and agile manufacturing paradigms in the total supply chain . Int. J. Prod. Eco. , 62 : 107 – 118 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nemetz , PL and Fry , LW . 1988 . Flexible manufacturing organisations: implications for strategy formulation and organisation design . Acad. Man. Rev. , 13 : 627 – 639 .
   Google Scholar
• Pagh , J and Cooper , M . 1998 . Supply chain postponement and speculation strategies: how to choose the right strategy . J. Bus. Log. , 19 : 13 – 33 .
   Google Scholar
• Parthasarthy , R and Sethi , PS . 1993 . Relating strategy and structure to flexible automation . Strat. Man. J. , 14 : 529 – 550 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rabinovich , E and Evers , P . 2003 . Postponement effects on inventory performance and the impact of information systems . Int. J. Log. Man. , 14 : 33 – 48 .
   Google Scholar
• Shapiro , RD . 1984 . Get leverage from logistics . Harv. Bus. Rev. , 62 : 119 – 126 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Van Hoek , RI . 1998 . Reconfiguring the supply chain to implement postponed manufacturing . Int. J. Log. Man. , 9 : 96 – 110 .
   Google Scholar
• Van Hoek , RI . 2000 . The thesis of leagility revisited . Int. J. Agile Manu. Syst. , 2 : 196 – 201 .
   Google Scholar
• Van Hoek , RI . 2001 . The rediscovery of postponement a literature review and directions for research . J. Op. Man. , 9 : 161 – 184 .
   Google Scholar
• Van Hoek , RI , Commandeur , H and Vos , B . 1998 . Reconfiguring logistics systems through postponement strategies . J. Bus. Log. , 19 : 33 – 54 .
   Google Scholar
• Waller , MA , Dabholkar , PA and Gentry , JJ . 2000 . Postponement, product customization and market-oriented supply chain management . J. Bus. Log. , 21 : 133 – 159 .
   Google Scholar
• Yang , B and Burns , ND . 2003 . Implications of postponement for the supply chain . Int. J. Prod. Res. , 41 : 2075 – 2090 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zhang , Q , Vonderembse , MA and Lim , J . 2002 . Value chain flexibility: a dichotomy of competence and capability . Int. J. Prod. Res. , 40 : 561 – 583 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zinn , W and Bowersox , DJ . 1988 . Planning physical distribution with the principle of postponement . J. Bus. Log. , 9 : 117 – 136 .
   Google Scholar