UNCERTAINTY AND PLANNING ITERATIONS IN SOLAR SUPPLY CHAIN
Keywords:
Planning, iterations, Solar Supply Chain planning, Changes in planning, iterations in planningAbstract
Solar supply chain in Indian context has a number of uncertainty factors in demand and supplies. Some of these factors are internal to company and some are on external in nature. Supply chain planners are facing challenges on account of such uncertainty. To optimize interest of all stakeholders of supply chain, it takes extra planning iterations, depending on factors latest in demand and supply framework. The paper tries to bring out some of such factors which cause extra iteration in planning. This paper can be helpful to develop a proposed planning framework for solar supply chain related to Indian context.
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