Product architectures and global operations networks

Jan Olhager, Sebastian Pashaei

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Abstract

We investigate the relationship between product and supply chain architectures. Both products and supply chains can have modular as well as integral designs. We synthesize previous research on both product and supply chain architectures and explore this relationship in a multi-method study, including a survey of 82 manufacturing firms and a multiple-case study of ten products and their respective global supply chains. We identify a number of factors that characterize each combination of product and supply chain architecture and find that all combinations of integral and mo
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication 5th World Production and Operations Management Conference Proceedings
Number of pages10
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Event5th World Production and Operations Management Conference - Havana, Cuba
Duration: 2016 Sept 62016 Sept 10

Conference

Conference5th World Production and Operations Management Conference
Country/TerritoryCuba
CityHavana
Period2016/09/062016/09/10

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics

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