CONSTRUCTION OF LOGISTICS STRATEGIES AND LOCATION OF DECOUPLING POINT OF DEPENDENT AND INDEPENDENT DEMAND Cover Image

FORMUŁOWANIE STRATEGII LOGISTYCZNYCH A UMIEJSCOWIENIE PUNKTU ROZDZIAŁU POPYTU ZALEŻNEGO I NIEZALEŻNEGO
CONSTRUCTION OF LOGISTICS STRATEGIES AND LOCATION OF DECOUPLING POINT OF DEPENDENT AND INDEPENDENT DEMAND

Author(s): Adam Wieczorek
Subject(s): Economy, Business Economy / Management, Micro-Economics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: logistics strategies; implementation; dependent demand; independent demand; decoupling point;

Summary/Abstract: The paper refers to basic aspects of creating logistic strategies and effects occurring after their implementation. The paper also contains information about primary typology of logistics strategies and specifies main components of these strategies. The study also presents differences between independent and dependent demand as well as their origins. The idea of decoupling point of independent and dependent demand and characteristics of its localization is presented. Defining dependent and independent demand and the process of making the logistics strategies, allowed to draw conclusions regarding the use of particular strategies for businesses operating on the basics of one or the other type of demand. The paper presents some examples of enterprises using different logistics strategies and the techniques of their implementation. It allowed defining the way of the match of the used strategy to the independent or dependent demand.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 41 (2)
  • Page Range: 533-544
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish