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Avoiding Demand Amplification Phenomenon via Hi-tech Application: A What-If Supply Chain Analysis

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The well-known deleterious effect of the amplification of variance of order rates in multi-echelon systems, commonly known as demand amplification phenomenon or bullwhip effect, still presents new challenges and continues to fascinate the operations management community. Recently this research field is focusing on the study of robustness of bullwhip avoidance techniques under uncertainty, as environmental conditions often determine variations in processes, with regards to production and delivery lead time, and variations in the parameters of the decision policies. This work aims at quantifying the efficacy of bullwhip dampening techniques and at verifying this efficacy against variations in the business context. The original value of the research consists in showing that the bullwhip dampening efficacy, provided by hi-tech applications and practices of supply chain collaborations, persists when operational parameters vary within a certain range.

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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. Department of Management Science and Systems, State University of New York at Buffalo, 14260, Buffalo, New York, NY, USA

    Raj Sharman

  2. Department of Management Science and Systems, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Management, 14260, Buffalo, New York, NY, USA

    H. Raghav Rao

  3. Department of Information Systems, Arizona State University, 601G, 874606, Tempe, AZ, USA

    T. S. Raghu

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Ciancimino, E., Cannella, S. (2010). Avoiding Demand Amplification Phenomenon via Hi-tech Application: A What-If Supply Chain Analysis. In: Sharman, R., Rao, H.R., Raghu, T.S. (eds) Exploring the Grand Challenges for Next Generation E-Business. WEB 2009. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 52. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17449-0_11

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