Strategic Supply Chain Management

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Postponement is a strategy that delays a decision on a product in a supply chain to provide a flexible response in accordance with data received regarding market demand. The strategy is an extensively responsive approach, and it is appropriate to be used when there is higher demand uncertainty, an increasing need for responsiveness, and higher product variety. The application of postponements delays operating variables of time (when), location (where), and items (what) creating a responsive gap in operations.

  • Explain how Dell company apply purchasing postponement and manufacturing postponement in their company
  • Explain How Dell company avoids issues through Postponement I already give definitions of postponements in the supply chain in the attached files. I found how Zara applies postponement in their business. Use can read through carefully in Zara parts and continue working on Dell parts which I highlighted in red texts.