Overview

The Bullwhip Effect is one of the most well studied problems in Supply Chain Management. This book offers it's most comprehensive analysis to date, examining associated problems, their consequences, and systems that can cope. It uses case studies to compares the approaches for dealing with the increased variability associated with the effect.

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Author:   Octavio A. Carranza Torres ,  Felipe A. Villegas Moran
Publisher:   Palgrave USA
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2006 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.495kg
ISBN:  

9781403998583

ISBN 10:   1403998582
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   26 May 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables Foreword Notes on the Contributors Acknowledgements The Bullwhip Effect: Reflections; H.L.Lee, V. Padmanbhan & S.Whang PART ONE: CAUSES OF THE BULLWHIP EFFECT Operational and Behavioral Causes of Supply Chain Instability; J.D.Sterman The Bullwhip Effect: A Review of Field Studies; H.L.Lee & S.Whang Supply Chain Dynamics: Structural Causes of the Bullwhip Effect; F.A.Villegas Moràn & P.Barrar PART TWO: CONTROLLING THE BULLWHIP EFFECT Controlling Replenishment Rule Induced Bullwhip via Good Systems Design; S.M.Disney & D.R.Towill Bullwhip Reduction Paradigms; D.R.Towill, M.M.Naim & P.McCullen Taming the Bullwhip Effect: From Traffic to Supply Chains; Y.Ouyang, A.Lago & C.F.Daganzo Mitigating the Bullwhip Effect with ICTs; J.A.D.Machuca & R.del Pozo Barajas PART THREE: MEASURING THE BULLWHIP EFFECT AND CASE STUDIES SIMCAS: A Network Improved Version of the Beer Game via the Internet; J.A.D. Machuca & R.del Pozo Barajas Cross Border Logistics and Sourcing: A Methodology to Analyze Planning Policies; O.A.Carranza Torres & F.A.Villegas Moràn Managing the Bullwhip Effect through Benchmarking; O.A.Carranza Torres & F.A.Villegas Moràn Index

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OCTAVIO A. CARRANZA TORRES is Professor of Logistics and Operations Management at the Panamerican University School of Business and Economics, Mexico. He is the 2005 winner of the National Logistics Prize of M?xico, an award that is given by 11 professional associations and institutions. He has taught courses on Logistics and Operations Management in several institutions including Tec de Monterrey in Mexico, Texas A&M and Arizona State University in the USA, Universidad de San Andr?s in Argentina and Universidad de Navarra in Spain. He has published several papers in refereed journals such as

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