The Impact of the Bullwhip Effect on Sales and Earnings Prediction Using Order Backlog

The bullwhip effect is a pervasive phenomenon in all supply chains causing excessive inventory, delivery delays, deterioration of customer service, and high costs. Some researchers have studied this phenomenon from a financial perspective by shedding light on the phenomenon of cash flow bullwhip (CFB). The objective of this article is to provide the state of the art in relation to research work on CFB. Our ambition is not to make an exhaustive list, but to synthesize the main contributions, to enable us to identify other interesting research perspectives. In this regard, certain lines of research remain insufficiently explored, such as the role that supply chain digitization could play in controlling CFB, the impact of CFB on the profitability of companies, or the impacts of the omnichannel commerce on CFB.

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The impact of replenishment parameters and information sharing on the bullwhip effect: A computational study

Computers & Operations Research ◽

10.1016/j.cor.2007.04.004 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 35 (11) ◽

pp. 3657-3670 ◽

Cited By ~ 62

Author(s):

Thomas Kelepouris ◽

Panayiotis Miliotis ◽

Katerina Pramatari

Keyword(s):

Information Sharing ◽

Computational Study ◽

Bullwhip Effect ◽

The Impact

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A beer game simulation model for studying the impact of information sharing to diminish the bullwhip effect in supply chains: an educational support tool in supply chain management

Revista Gestão da Produção Operações e Sistemas ◽

10.15675/gepros.v11i2.1392 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 53-66

Author(s):

Éder Vasco Pinheiro ◽

Enzo Morosini Frazzon ◽

Leonardo Sgnaolin ◽

Luiz Henrique Souza Mendonça

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Management ◽

Information Sharing ◽

Bullwhip Effect ◽

Educational Support ◽

Chain Management ◽

Support Tool ◽

Game Simulation ◽

The Impact ◽

Beer Game

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The Impact of Bullwhip Effect in e-Business on the Automotive Industry (Case Study: Saipa)

Indian Journal of Science and Technology ◽

10.17485/ijst/2015/v8is8/71209 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 8 (S8) ◽

pp. 434

Author(s):

Majid Mehrad ◽

Hasan Akbari

Keyword(s):

Automotive Industry ◽

Bullwhip Effect ◽

The Impact

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Investigating the impact of inventory inaccuracy on the bullwhip effect in RFID-enabled supply chains using colored petri nets

Journal of Modelling in Management ◽

10.1108/jm2-08-2017-0081 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 360-384 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Maria Drakaki ◽

Panagiotis Tzionas

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chains ◽

Petri Nets ◽

Information Sharing ◽

Bullwhip Effect ◽

Colored Petri Nets ◽

Content Type ◽

Multi Stage ◽

The Impact ◽

Serial Supply Chains

PurposeInformation distortion results in demand variance amplification in upstream supply chain members, known as the bullwhip effect, and inventory inaccuracy in the inventory records. As inventory inaccuracy contributes to the bullwhip effect, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of inventory inaccuracy on the bullwhip effect in radio-frequency identification (RFID)-enabled supply chains and, in this context, to evaluate supply chain performance because of the RFID technology.Design/methodology/approachA simulation modeling method based on hierarchical timed colored petri nets is presented to model inventory management in multi-stage serial supply chains subject to inventory inaccuracy for various traditional and information sharing configurations in the presence and absence of RFID. Validation of the method is done by comparing results obtained for the bullwhip effect with published literature results.FindingsThe bullwhip effect is increased in RFID-enabled multi-stage serial supply chains subject to inventory inaccuracy. The information sharing supply chain is more sensitive to the impact of inventory inaccuracy.Research limitations/implicationsInformation sharing involves collaboration in market demand and inventory inaccuracy, whereas RFID is implemented by all echelons. To obtain the full benefits of RFID adoption and collaboration, different collaboration strategies should be investigated.Originality/valueColored petri nets simulation modeling of the inventory management process is a novel approach to study supply chain dynamics. In the context of inventory errors, information on RFID impact on the dynamic behavior of multi-stage serial supply chains is provided.

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