A structural approach to assessing postponement strategies: construct development and validation

作者：Saghiri Soroosh^*

来源：International Journal of Production Research, 2011, 49(21): 6427-6450.

DOI：10.1080/00207543.2010.531774

• postponement
• shipment postponement
• manufacturing postponement
• ordering/purchasing postponement
• design postponement
• measured variables

This paper endeavours to introduce and validate constructs and measured variables for postponement strategies. Although empirical researchers have examined postponement, a consistent set of valid, reliable factors has not been developed and used. The lack of valid constructs is a barrier to hypothesis testing and meta-analysis on postponement. Using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), the validity and reliability of the proposed postponement constructs are examined. This is performed through a pilot study and a large scale survey on a sample of 219 manufacturing firms which represent a wide range of manufacturing operations. The outcomes of this paper establish a set of variables which can measure shipment, manufacturing, purchasing and design postponements.

• 出版日期2011