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Title:

Order Stability of Supply Chains with General Network Topology

Accession Number:

01099463

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

This paper analyzes the propagation and amplification of order fluctuations (i.e., the bullwhip effect) in supply chain networks operated with linear and time-invariant inventory management policies. The supply chain network is allowed to include multiple customers (e.g., markets), any network structure, with or without sharing information. The paper characterizes the stream of orders placed by any supplier for any stationary customer demand processes, and gives exact formulas for the variance of the orders placed and the amplification of order fluctuations. The paper also derives robust analytical conditions, based only on inventory management policies, to predict the presence of the bullwhip effect for any network structure, any inventory replenishment policies, and arbitrary customer demand processes.

Monograph Accession #:

01084478

Report/Paper Numbers:

08-1151

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Ouyang, Yanfeng
Li, Xiaopeng

Pagination:

19p

Publication Date:

2008

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2008-1-13 to 2008-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

Appendices (1) ; Figures (5) ; References (38)

Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2008 Paper #08-1151

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 29 2008 3:30PM