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What is Postponement

Emerging Applications in Supply Chains for Sustainable Business Development
It is defined as exercising of proceeding forward one or more actions or operations (i.e., making, resourcing, and delivering to a much delayed point in the supply chain).
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Effect of Supply Chain Management Practices on Organizational Performance: An Empirical Approach
Aswini Priya S. (VIT University, India), Pulidindi Venu Gopal (VIT University, India), Subashini R. (VIT University, India), and Velmurugan G. (VIT University, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5424-0.ch009
Abstract
The main purpose of this study is to determine the impact of supply chain management practices (i.e., strategic supplier partnership, customer relationship, level of information sharing, quality of information sharing, postponement, and risk and reward sharing on organizational performance, that is, marketing performance and financial performance). The instrument is adopted, and it is administered to 115 target respondents from 6 organizations in Chennai. A valid of 100 samples is taken for further analysis, and multiple regression analysis is employed to determine the purpose of the study. The findings indicated that supply chain management practices (i.e., strategic supplier partnership, customer relationship, level of information sharing, quality of information sharing, postponement, and risk and reward sharing) have significant and positive impact on organizational performance (i.e., marketing and financial performance). The limitations, discussions, implications, and further research will be outlined and delineated.
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Supply Chain Resilience
Technique used in manufacturing activities which consists in delaying some operations in order to differentiate the product only when reliable information about customers’ preferences are available.
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