In this paper we investigate what impact the deployment of wireless technologies can have on a company that manufactures a durable product and customises it according to the individual wishes of its customers. We derive several models for a special case when a company representative visits customers to specify their orders. The agent sends all modifications of the order to the corporate back-end system from his mobile device via the wireless network. Only after this new information is available to the manufacturer, can he start fulfilling of the customer's order. The deployment of mobile solutions allows overlapping of the process of visiting the customers and the production process, which improves service quality and increases customer satisfaction.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)461-480
Number of pages20
JournalInternational Journal of Logistics Systems and Management
Volume3
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Oct 2007
Externally publishedYes

    Scopus subject areas

  • Management Information Systems
  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Information Systems and Management

    Research areas

  • Dynamic lot-sizing model, Inventory model, Mobile business, Wireless technology

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