The study addresses the impact of flexibility on the bullwhip effect, which consists in the increase of demand variability moving upstream along the supply chain. The supply chain investigated is characterized by three stages of producers/suppliers, connected by appropriate inventories, considering a reorder quantity ROQ (constant time interval) as stock policy. The analysis takes into consideration two extreme degrees of flexibility and an intermediate degree of flexibility, named limited flexibility. The analysis results stress how flexibility can reduce the bullwhip and how the limited flexibility may provide a risks-opportunities trade-off.
Reducing the bullwhip effect in a supply chain through flexibility / Albino, Vito; Aprile, Domenico Filomeno; Garavelli, Achille Claudio; Okogbaa, O. G.. - (2006). (Intervento presentato al convegno 2006 IIE Annual Conference and Exposition tenutosi a Orlando, FL, usa nel 2006).
Reducing the bullwhip effect in a supply chain through flexibility
ALBINO, Vito;Aprile, Domenico Filomeno;GARAVELLI, Achille Claudio;
2006-01-01
Abstract
The study addresses the impact of flexibility on the bullwhip effect, which consists in the increase of demand variability moving upstream along the supply chain. The supply chain investigated is characterized by three stages of producers/suppliers, connected by appropriate inventories, considering a reorder quantity ROQ (constant time interval) as stock policy. The analysis takes into consideration two extreme degrees of flexibility and an intermediate degree of flexibility, named limited flexibility. The analysis results stress how flexibility can reduce the bullwhip and how the limited flexibility may provide a risks-opportunities trade-off.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
