Bullwhip and batching: An exploration

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 408-418

  Potter, Andrew ^a   Disney, Stephen M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Batching; Bullwhip; Supply chains

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MANAGERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

BATCHING; BULLWHIP; PRODUCTION CONTROL SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 33748752508     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2004.10.018     Document Type: Article

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