The Bullwhip Effect in Supply Chains - by Kenneth A Loparo (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

This is the first book entirely devoted to analyzing the "bullwhip effect". It examines in depth all the problems associated with the bullwhip effect, its consequences, and known tools to design well-suited supply chain management systems that can cope with it. International supply chains are a central topic in this book and analytical tools that permit handling the Bullwhip Effect for global supply chains are of primary importance. The book compares the various approaches for dealing with the increased variability that is at the heart of the Bullwhip Effect, all illustrated by real case studies.

About the Author

RAFAEL DEL POZO BARAJAS GIDEAO Research Group, Department of Operations Management, University of Sevilla, Spain PETER BARRAR Manchester Business School, Manchester University, UK CARLOS F. DAGANZO Institute of Transportation Studies and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, USA STEPHEN M. DISNEY Logistics Systems Dynamics Group, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK ALEJANDRO LAGO IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra, Spain HAU L. LEE Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, USA JOSÉ A. D. MACHUCA GIDEAO Research Group, Department of Operations Management, University of Sevilla, Spain PETER McCULLEN University of Brighton Business School, UK MOHAMED M. NAIM Logistics Systems Dynamics Group, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK YANFENG OUYANG Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA V. PADMANBHAN INSEAD, Singapore JOHN D. STERMAN Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA DENIS R. TOWILL Logistics Systems Dynamics Group, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK SEUNGJIN WHANG Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, USA