A structural approach to assessing postponement strategies: construct development and validation
A structural approach to assessing postponement strategies: construct development and validation
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.
design postponement, manufacturing postponement, measured variables, ordering/purchasing postponement, postponement, shipment postponement
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Saghiri, Soroosh
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November 2011
Saghiri, Soroosh
6bfd600c-bdd1-4dde-9f33-d3f138e85e9d
Saghiri, Soroosh
(2011)
A structural approach to assessing postponement strategies: construct development and validation.
International Journal of Production Research, 49 (21), .
(doi:10.1080/00207543.2010.531774).
Abstract
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.
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Published date: November 2011
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design postponement, manufacturing postponement, measured variables, ordering/purchasing postponement, postponement, shipment postponement
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