| (PREVIEW) Supply Chain Strategies II: Improving Responsiveness & Advanced Topics Module SCM103 |
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SCM103: Supply Chain Strategies II: Improving Responsiveness & Advanced Topics
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...Build-to-Order (BTO), or Mass Customization, means redesigning your production operation to allow for custom orders to be manufactured quickly; this is a means of eliminating demand uncertainty for finished goods entirely. National Bicycle in Japan used to produce finished bicycles to inventory (Build-to-Stock): National Bicycle then switched to a BTO model; they created a totally new production system to manufacture and sell custom bicycles, made to individual measure like a made-to-order suit. While the customer did have to wait... |