A win-win solution for the bullwhip problem

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 702-711

  Boute, Robert N ^a,b   Disney, Stephen M ^c   Lambrecht, Marc R ^b   Van Houdt, Benny ^d  

^a VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bullwhip effect; Supply chain collaboration; Supply chain control

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

BULLWHIP EFFECT; BULLWHIP EFFECTS; CUSTOMER SERVICES; DEMAND VARIABILITIES; INVENTORY LEVELS; INVENTORY REPLENISHMENTS; LEAD TIMES; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; ORDER SMOOTHING; RESEARCH PROBLEMS; STOCK LEVELS; SUPPLY CHAIN COLLABORATION; SUPPLY CHAIN CONTROL; WIN WINS;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 57349110686     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280802573767     Document Type: Article

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