Supply chain decision making: Will shorter cycle times and shared point-of-sale information necessarily help?

Management Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 458-464

  Steckel, Joel H ^a   Gupta, Sunil ^b   Banerji, Anirvan ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b David Shepard Associates   (United States)

^c Economic Cycle Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Beer game; Bullwhip effect; Experiments; Quick response systems; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SALES;

BEER GAME; BULLWHIP EFFECT; QUICK RESPONSE SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 2342572899     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1030.0169     Document Type: Review

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