The bullwhip effect refers to the phenomenon where order variability increases as the orders
move upstream in the supply chain. This paper provides a review of the bullwhip literature …

To gain cost advantage and market share, many firms implemented various initiatives such
as outsourced manufacturing and product variety. These initiatives are effective in a stable …

Authored by a team of experts, the new edition of this bestseller presents practical
techniques for managing inventory and production throughout supply chains. It covers the …

Supplemental Readings: A list of reference sources, including Internet websites will be
provided. Students are encouraged to read these materials for reference and class …

Conic optimization is a significant and thriving research area within the optimization
community. Conic optimization is the general class of problems concerned with optimizing a …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to review a sample of the literature relating to the
integration and implementation of supply chain management practices from a strategic …

This work presents a comprehensive model of supply chain management. Experienced
executives from 20 companies clearly define supply chain management, identifying those …

An important contributory factor to the bullwhip effect (ie the variance amplification of order
quantities observed in supply chains) is the replenishment rule used by supply chain …

The paper compares the expected performance of a vendor managed inventory (VMI)
supply chain with a traditional “serially linked” supply chain. The emphasis of this …

This study aims to investigate the contributions of promotional marketing activities, historical
demand and other factors to predict, and develop a big data-driven fuzzy classifier-based …