The Impact of Exponential Smoothing Forecasts on the Bullwhip Effect

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 269-286

  Chen, Frank ^a   Ryan, Jennifer K ^b   Simchi Levi, David ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullwhip effect; Correlated demand; Exponential smoothing; Forecasting; Information distortion; Linear trend demand process; Moving average; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001450091     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6750(200006)47:4<269::AID-NAV1>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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