Artículo
Serial versus divergent supply chain networks: a comparative analysis of the bullwhip effect
Autor/es | Domínguez Cañizares, Roberto
Framiñán Torres, José Manuel Cannella, Salvatore |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Organización Industrial y Gestión de Empresas I |
Fecha de publicación | 2014 |
Fecha de depósito | 2020-11-17 |
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Resumen | The amplification of demand variation in a supply chain network (SCN) is a well-known phenomenon called the bullwhip effect, which creates inefficiencies due to high variation in the order quantities placed between companies, ... The amplification of demand variation in a supply chain network (SCN) is a well-known phenomenon called the bullwhip effect, which creates inefficiencies due to high variation in the order quantities placed between companies, leading to a flow of a larger number of units than the actual need, increasing stock and generating stock-outs. Since this phenomenon has been recognised as one of the main obstacles for improving SCN performance, recently it has received a lot of attention by SCN managers and researchers. One of the most common simplifying assumptions in the literature is to assume that the SCN adopts a serial structure. The present work addresses a comparative analysis of the bullwhip effect between a serial SCN and a more complex divergent SCN. To do so, we analyse the response of both SCNs under two different input demands: a stationary demand and an impulse demand. The results reveal that there are not significant differences in terms of bullwhip effect between both SCNs for a stationary demand. Nevertheless, we show how for a violent disturbance in customer demand there is a great different between the two SCNs. |
Identificador del proyecto | P08- TEP-03630
DPI2010-15573/DPI |
Cita | Domínguez Cañizares, R., Framiñán Torres, J.M. y Cannella, S. (2014). Serial versus divergent supply chain networks: a comparative analysis of the bullwhip effect. International Journal of Production Research, 52 (7), 2194-2210. |
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