ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF PROVIDING ORDER DRIVEN PRODUCTION WITH METALLURGICAL MATERIALS

One of the objectives of the optimization of material, energy, information and financial flows in logistics and supply chains is ensuring economic efficiency of the activities carried out. The established manner of the flow in the chain and the method of carrying out logistics activities are, however, determined by the specific conditions prevailing in enterprises of the links involved. Chains operating on the basis of win-win approach take into account the specifics of the links involved; however it is the link with the greatest bargaining power in the chain that usually plays the decisive role in shaping the results. The paper describes the results of a primary research focused on the economic impact resulting from the implementation of production based on the buildto- order principle, requiring flexible provision of inputs. At the same time, it specifies the implications of this production in the cooperation with direct suppliers of steel material, who must adapt their supplies to this production while taking also into account the specifics of their own metallurgical production.