An empirical investigation on the antecedents of the bullwhip effect: Evidence from the spare parts industry

Erica Pastore, Arianna Alfieri and Giulio Zotteri

International Journal of Production Economics, 2019, vol. 209, issue C, 121-133

Abstract: Supply chain effectiveness and costs are affected by the demand variability, especially in the upstream echelons. The propagation of demand variability moving upstream in the supply chain has been widely studied in the literature and it is known as the Bullwhip Effect phenomenon. In this paper, the bullwhip effect in a European automotive spare parts chain is identified, with the aim of shedding some light on how demand variability propagates in different groups of products. We considered more than 30,000 products, characterised by different technical characteristics, demand classes and planning parameters.

Keywords: Bullwhip effect; Supply chain management; Demand variability; Inventory management; Empirical study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2017.08.029

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