Suppliers in turbulent markets find themselves confronted with additional logistical challenges. Customer orders and market demand may be satisfied through the development of a high reaction potential within the company. In order to adjust the production accord-ingly and to demonstrate the logistical abilities to the customers, logistical agility has to be measured and assessed first. A possible approach is the mathematical description of the synchronisation of production and distribution based on throughput diagrams.
Industrie Management | Volume 20 | 2004 | Edition 3 | Pages 45-48
