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Engineering the leagile supply chain

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Title:

Engineering the leagile supply chain

Author(s):

Rachel Mason-Jones, Ben Naylor, Denis R. Towill

Journal:

International Journal of Agile Management Systems

Year:

2000

Volume:

2

Issue:

1

Page:

54 - 61


ISSN:

1465-4652


DOI:

10.1108/14654650010312606

Publisher:

MCB UP Ltd

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Abstract:

Notes the importance of new internal supply chains being properly interfaced with the marketplace. Suggests that the appropriate way forward is to design and implement a “leagile supply chain”. Whereas leanness may be achieved by eliminating non-value added time, agility usually requires the additional reduction of value-added time via production technology breakthroughs. Demonstrates how the “lean” and “agile” paradigms may be integrated. This requires evaluation of the total performance metric and development of a route map for integrating lean production and agile supply in the total chain. Presents results achieved in a re-engineered real world supply chain serving the electronic products market.

Keywords:

Agile production, Customer requirements, Lean products, Strategy, Supply-chain management


Article Type:

Conceptual Paper


Article URL:

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/14654650010312606

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