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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 Stratton
This 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

Journal

International Journal of Production Economics

ISSN

0925-5273

Publisher

Elsevier

Issue

2

Volume

135

Page range

870-881

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  • Business and Management Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-09-25

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