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Modelling the Bullwhip Effect Dampening Practices in a Limited Capacity Production Network

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Information Systems: Modeling, Development, and Integration (UNISCON 2009)

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This work infers on the conjoint adoption of collaboration practices and replenishment rules as bullwhip dampening techniques in a limited capacity production network. Continuous time differential equation methodology is adopted to model three supply chain configurations. Results show that theconditio sine qua non for long-term capacity strategy is the management and control of information asynchronies, provided by collaboration practices and ad-hoc decision policies. Furthermore the study reveals the phenomenon of bullwhip rough dampening.

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  1. Faculty of Engineering, University of Palermo, viale delle Scienze, Parco d’Orleans, 90128, Palermo, Italy

    Elena Ciancimino & Salvatore Cannella

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  1. University of Western Sydney, NSW 2150, Parramatta, Australia

    Jianhua Yang  & Athula Ginige  & 

  2. University of Klagenfurt, 9020, Klagenfurt, Austria

    Heinrich C. Mayr

  3. Berlin University of Technology, 10587, Berlin, Germany

    Ralf-D. Kutsche

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Ciancimino, E., Cannella, S. (2009). Modelling the Bullwhip Effect Dampening Practices in a Limited Capacity Production Network. In: Yang, J., Ginige, A., Mayr, H.C., Kutsche, RD. (eds) Information Systems: Modeling, Development, and Integration. UNISCON 2009. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 20. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01112-2_48

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