Personalizacja produktów w sieci dystrybucji wyrobów hutniczych – kontekst zakłóceń
Product Differentiation in Supply Network of Steel Products – Context of Disruptions

Summary/Abstract: The sensitivity to disruptions of supply chains is growing along with the height of the customization of products. Customization of products moved from the manufacturing company to the distribution channel, is a chance of reducing disruptions resulting from the uncertainty of orders (being a result of the uncertainty of orders). This paper discusses the strategy of strengthening the resilience through production postponement and building network relations with subcontractors and participants of distribution channels. Two variants of this strategy were considered and their limitations were indicated: customization in trading company and customization in logistics service provider. The adopted research procedure consists of the following stages: the identification and the analysis of disruptions (the diary method, the statistical analysis of the obtained results), analysis of the effects of disruptions. Empirical studies concerned the flow of the chosen smelting product – sheet in coils.

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