doi: 10.7763/IJIMT.2012.V3.283
Measuring Bullwhip Effect in a Single Echelon Supply Chain Using Fuzzy Approach
Ying Xie
,
Li Zhou
- Business school, University of Greenwich, London, UK.
Abstract
This paper studies the well-established automatic pipeline feedback compensated inventory and order-based production control system (APIOBPCS) for a single echelon supply chain, in which the uncertain demand is modelled using the fuzzy numbers. The bullwhip effect is therefore measured as the possibility variance amplification in replenishment orders.It has been found that the bullwhip effect measured using fuzzy approach has similar features as the one measured using probability theories, and the sharper the fuzzy demand forecast,the smaller the bullwhip effect.
Keywords
- Bullwhip effect
- fuzzy numbers
- supply chain
How to Cite
Ying Xie and Li Zhou, "Measuring Bullwhip Effect in a Single Echelon Supply Chain Using Fuzzy Approach," International Journal of Innovation, Management and Technology, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 494-498, 2012. https://doi.org/10.7763/IJIMT.2012.V3.283
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Copyright © 2012 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).