We performed a simulation study of a three-stage supplier network of a company in the telecommunication and automotive industry (tier 2), where one manufacturer (production facility) is situated in a country with low labor costs and high worker deployment flexibility. The company has to operate in a supply chain that can be characterized as agile. The results shows that a change from MTS to ATO production leads to reduction of total costs (shipping
and inventory carrying) of 11% on average under consideration of capacity aspects and more or less identical customer service level.