On the effect of non-optimal forecasting methods on supply chain downstream demand

Ali, M. M. and Boylan, John (2012) On the effect of non-optimal forecasting methods on supply chain downstream demand. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 23 (1). pp. 81-98. ISSN 1471-678X

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Abstract

Demand information sharing is used by many organizations to counter the bullwhip effect. A stream of recent papers claims that the upstream member can mathematically infer the demand at the downstream link (downstream demand inference [DDI]) without any formal information sharing mechanism. In this paper, we investigate DDI when non-optimal forecasting methods are employed by supply chains. We show that in the case of a simple moving average forecast, the demand at the downstream link can be inferred. In the case of single exponential smoothing (SES), downstream demand cannot be inferred and thus needs to be shared. Finally, we quantify the value of sharing demand information when SES is employed.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
IMA Journal of Management Mathematics
Additional Information:
Accepted February 9th 2011
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? supply chain managementbullwhip effectdownstream demand inferenceforecast information sharingsingle exponential smoothingsimple moving averagemanagement information systemsstrategy and managementapplied mathematics ??
ID Code:
72990
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Deposited On:
20 Feb 2015 05:09
Refereed?:
Yes
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Published
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