Managing Variability in the Automotive Supply Chain: A Case Study from the Lean Processing Programme (LEAP) Lean Enterprise Research Centre, Cardiff Business School, UK

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Taylor, David, author.

Conference Name:

SAE 2002 World Congress & Exhibition (2002-03-04 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2002

Summary:

This paper reports the results of a project which aimed to eliminate, or at least reduce, the demand amplification effect in a value stream within the UK automotive component supply chain. The paper describes the progression from the identification of demand amplification, through a practical approach for its measurement, to the development of a methodology to overcome the negative impacts of the effect across three echelons of the supply chain. The results of a six-month trial implementation are reported

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Publisher Number:

2002-01-0460

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