Distant suppliers use the forecast and agreed upon shipment authorization windows to schedule their shipments to DIGITEX.

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Distant suppliers use the forecast and agreed upon shipment authorization windows to schedule their shipments to DIGITEX. Local supplier shipments are triggered by Digitex consumption using release mechanisms such as a kanban process, and flow directly to the production point of use. What is the advantage to Digitex of having shipments triggered by consumption (i.e. a JIT system) versus using forecasts to schedule shipments?
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Purchasing and Supply Chain Management

ISBN: 978-1285869681

6th edition

Authors: Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson

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