TY - JOUR
T1 - Issues on the reduction of demand variance in the supply chain
AU - Lin, C.
AU - Lin, Y. T.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was partly funded by a grant from the National Science Council, Taiwan, Republic of China (NSC-91-2416-H-006-028). The authors are grateful to the anonymous referees for their valuable comments, which greatly improved the quality and the presentation of this paper.
PY - 2006/5/1
Y1 - 2006/5/1
N2 - To streamline an agile manufacturing system of a global firm facing a high demand of market service, supply chain management (SCM) plays an important role. In SCM, a phenomenon called 'the bullwhip effect has attracted considerable attention. This study examines the bullwhip effect caused by order variance from retailers. It shows that based on portfolio theory, supplier's demand variance can be reduced by adjusting the order quantities of retailers through co-ordination. The results indicate that our approach can be a useful means for alleviating the bullwhip effect.
AB - To streamline an agile manufacturing system of a global firm facing a high demand of market service, supply chain management (SCM) plays an important role. In SCM, a phenomenon called 'the bullwhip effect has attracted considerable attention. This study examines the bullwhip effect caused by order variance from retailers. It shows that based on portfolio theory, supplier's demand variance can be reduced by adjusting the order quantities of retailers through co-ordination. The results indicate that our approach can be a useful means for alleviating the bullwhip effect.
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U2 - 10.1080/00207540500372012
DO - 10.1080/00207540500372012
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33744980466
VL - 44
SP - 1821
EP - 1843
JO - International Journal of Production Research
JF - International Journal of Production Research
SN - 0020-7543
IS - 9
ER -