Title :
The bullwhip effect in complex supply chains
Author :
Alony, Irit ; Munoz, Albert
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Wollongong, Wollongong
Abstract :
This paper reviews the various methods of modelling the dynamics of supply chains. We then present recently documented causes of the Bullwhip effect in production supply chains, and the methodologies used to describe and measure the importance of these causes. We examine the limitations of these methodologies and suggest a combined approach discrete event-continuous simulation modelling approach to further study this phenomenon in complex production supply chains.
Keywords :
decision making; production engineering computing; supply chain management; bullwhip effect; decision making; discrete event-continuous simulation model; supply chain management; Analytical models; Artificial intelligence; Australia; Demand forecasting; Differential equations; Discrete event simulation; Production; Statistical analysis; Supply chain management; Supply chains;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Information Technologies, 2007. ISCIT '07. International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Sydney,. NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0976-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0977-8
DOI :
10.1109/ISCIT.2007.4392227
