Measuring the bullwhip effect for supply chains with seasonal demand components

C.H. Nagaraja, A. Thavaneswaran and S.S. Appadoo

European Journal of Operational Research, 2015, vol. 242, issue 2, 445-454

Abstract: A bullwhip measure for a two-stage supply chain with an order-up-to inventory policy is derived for a general, stationary SARMA(p, q) × (P, Q)s demand process. Explicit expressions for several SARMA models are obtained to illustrate the key relationship between lead-time and seasonal lag. It is found that the bullwhip effect can be reduced considerably by shortening the lead-time in relation to the seasonal lag value.

Keywords: Supply chains; Bullwhip; Time series; Seasonal demand (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.10.022

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