Mitigating the bullwhip effect by reducing demand variance in the supply chain

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 328-336

  Lin, Chinho ^a   Lin, Yu Te ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bullwhip effect; Portfolio theory; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURE; MARKETING;

BULLWHIP EFFECTS; PORTFOLIO THEORY; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33644663779     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-004-2371-5     Document Type: Article

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