The adoption of inventory management practices and their relationship with the enterprise-wide adoption of information systems are empirically evaluated. Univariate and multivariate statistical analyses of survey responses indicate a strong enterprise-wide emphasis on materials requirements...

Time and form postponement are key to the cost-effective fulfillment of product demand when market volatility is high. Using data from U.S. manufacturing firms, an empirical model suggests that the implementation of time postponement supports the adoption of form postponement. In turn, form...