Supply Chain Planning in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
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Small and medium sized enterprises have limited power in the supply chain and limited resources to invest in advanced planning systems. This makes it difficult to cope with the latest challenges such as mass customisation which puts higher demands on the companies’ ability to attune its production planning to customers' wishes and their suppliers. The paper presents possible types of supply chain planning measures to take when changing to customer focused production.
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