Impact of supplier's lead time and forecast demand updating on retailer's order quantity variability in a two-level supply chain

• Published in: International journal of production economics Vol. 86; no. 2; pp. 169 - 179
• Main Authors: So, Kut C., Zheng, Xiaona
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 11.11.2003; Elsevier; Elsevier Sequoia S.A
• Series: International Journal of Production Economics
• Subjects: Demand; Demand fluctuations; Industrial economics; Inventory management; Lead time; Mathematical models; Order quantity; Semiconductors; Studies; Suppliers; Supply chain management; Supply chains; Lead time; Inventory management; Demand fluctuations; Supply chain management

Motivated by the dramatic boom-and-bust cycles in semiconductor industry, we use an analytical model to analyze two important factors that can contribute to the high degree of order quantity variability experienced by semiconductor manufacturers: supplier's lead time and forecast demand updatin...