How a base stock policy using "stale" forecasts provides supply chain benefits

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-162

  Miyaoka, Julia ^a   Hausman, Warren ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullwhip effect; Forecast revision; Forecasting; Inventory control; Production smoothing

Indexed keywords

BULLWHIP EFFECT; FORECAST REVISION; PRODUCTION SMOOTHING; STOCK POLICY;

COSTS; FORECASTING; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC POLICY; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 25144510491     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1030.0034     Document Type: Article

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