Question Answers: by Adekunle Kehinde
Question Answers: by Adekunle Kehinde
Question Answers: by Adekunle Kehinde
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Wang Yi
The Bullwhip Effect
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Bullwhip Effect (1)
Reasons of occurrence:
• Lead time of information and material
• Batch ordering
• Price fluctuation
• Demand forecast based on orders of
the next tier or historical record
Bullwhip effect (3)
Ways of overcoming it
• Plan to reduce lead time of information and
material (e.g JIT )
• Decrease variability of prices.
• Cooperation with supplier on issues of
demand and capacity.
Customer/retailer Distributor Manufacturer
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Inventory velocity
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Strategic Partnering (1)
Aims:
• Take a long-term perspective on needs,
costs and solutions.
• Involve shared risks, costs and rewards.
• Have agreed problem resolution methods.
• Have join governance arrangements.
• Be capable of change and development.
E-business
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E-business
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collabora procurem
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Impacts on SC
• It helps supply chain network partners to identify &
respond quickly to changing customer demand
over the internet
• It allows companies to use internet for procuring
direct or indirect materials
• It helps companies build more value added
services
• Less documentation & human contact
• Replaces inventory with information
– Reduces logistics & inventory cost
More impacts
• Fast payment channel
• It gives competitive advantage by sharing
the same database system
• It allows monitoring of demand in real-time
• Boost efficiency
• Reduce bullwhip effect
Effects on Macro-economy
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