The influence of decision patterns of inventory control on the bullwhip effect based on a simulation game of a production network

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 666-677

  Delhoum, Salima ^a   Scholz Reiter, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bullwhip effect; Inventory control; Production network; Simulation game

Indexed keywords

BULLWHIP EFFECT; BULLWHIP EFFECTS; DEMAND INFORMATION; PRODUCTION LOAD; PRODUCTION NETWORK; PRODUCTION PLANS; SIMULATION GAME; SIMULATION GAMES;

DECISION MAKING; INVENTORY CONTROL; PLANNING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 70449350630     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280902917757     Document Type: Article

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