需求信息的延迟对牛鞭效应的影响

Influence of Information Delay on the Bullwhip Effect

研究在一个库存环境中,用于未来需求预测的需求信息的延迟对于需求预测的影响.当通过一种补充订货策略控制补货时,这种延迟降低了历史订单信息的波动性,最终减弱了牛鞭效应的影响.

The influence that information delay on demand forecasting in inventory setting is studied. When the replenishment is controlled by an order-up-to policy, we find that such delays reduce the variability of the order history and dampen the bullwhip effect. Furthermore, the intuition behind this result is probed.