On Postponement and Birth Intervals

On postponement and birth intervals

Birth intervals and fertility decline in Africa “Birth intervals and fertility in Africa”

Manufacturing and Form Postponement

Postponement is a growing trend in manufacturing. It can lead to superior supply chains. Form postponement (FP) involves the delay of final manufacturing until a customer order is received and is commonly regarded as an approach to mass customisation. Mass customisation is a trend towards the production and distribution of individually customised goods and services for a mass market. It is prov...

Factors Affecting First and Second Birth Intervals Among 15-49 Year-Old Women in Tehran

Background and Objectives: One of the most important determinants of the fertility level is the birth interval. Considering the importance of this issue, the aim of this study was to analyze the first and second birth intervals using shared frailty survival model and comparing factors affecting these intervals.   Methods: Probability proportional to size stratified sampling was used to select...

Which Form Postponement? a Typological Theory of Form Postponement Effects on Operational Performances

Form postponement postulates that changes in product form occur at the latest possible point along a production and distribution process. The potential benefits of form postponement have been widely investigated in the literature on the subject. However, as often happens with developing research fields, conflicting or hard-to-relate findings are quite frequent in this literature. In this paper,...