The impact of electronic data interchange on reducing bullwhip effect and supply chain inventory costs

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-228

  Machuca, José A D ^a   Barajas, Rafael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beer Game; Bullwhip effect; Business simulators; EDI; Supply chain; Supply chain simulators

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

% REDUCTIONS; BEER GAME; BULLWHIP EFFECTS; BUSINESS SIMULATOR; CUMULATIVE COST; INVENTORY COSTS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; SUPPLY CHAIN INVENTORIES; SUPPLY CHAIN SIMULATOR; WEB BASED;

COSTS;

DATA; INVENTORY;

EID: 1542574913     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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