Reducing the bullwhip effect: Looking through the appropriate lens

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 444-453

  Towill, Denis R ^a   Zhou, Li ^a   Disney, Stephen M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bullwhip; Filtering; Resonance; Shock behaviour; Variance

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INVENTORY CONTROL; LENSES; OPTICAL FILTERS; RESONANCE; VALUE ENGINEERING;

BULLWHIP EFFECTS; SHOCK BEHAVIOR; VALUE STREAM;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34249934087     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2006.12.024     Document Type: Article

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