Study of the Bullwhip Effect in a Multistage Supply Chain with Callback Structure considering Two Retailers

• Published in: Complexity (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 2018; no. 2018; pp. 1 - 12
• Main Authors: Hou, Shunqi, Yuan, Ye, Zhu, Liqing, Ma, Junhai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01.01.2018; Hindawi; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Air conditioning; Analysis; Computer simulation; Forecasting; Information sharing; Inventory; Inventory control; Inventory management; Logistics; Manufacturers; Mathematical models; Retail industry; Retail stores; Suppliers; Supply chains

With the purpose of researching the bullwhip effect when there is a callback center in the supply chain system, this paper establishes a new supply chain model with callback structure, which has a material supplier, a manufacture, and two retailers. The manufacture and retailers all employ AR(1) dem...