Final Assembly & Postponement

The market for Consumer Electronics is particularly characterized by rapidly shrinking product life cycles and a complex prediction of consumer demand.
This market is shifting more and more from a vendor-driven push to a demand-driven pull model. Products need to be individualized to country- or customer-specific requirements in order to outperform competition.

arvato is a an expert for market-orientated and supply chain efficient postponement and product customization strategies. Starting from package design for postponement to alignment of demand and supply, arvato helps you to design a competitive supply chain and manages:

• Package design for postponement
• Material Requirement Planning (MRP)
• Build-to-stock / build-to-order
• Kitting & assembly
• Rework & repackage

Your benefits:

• Reduction of inventory cost
• Reduction of transportation cost
• Reduction of obsolescence risk
• Compensation of demand variability
• Improved competitiveness by offering customized products according to market requirements