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Interrelationship among resilience, robustness, and bullwhip effect in an inventory and order based production control system

A.V. Thomas (Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India)
Biswajit Mahanty (Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India)

Kybernetes

ISSN: 0368-492X

Article publication date: 18 September 2019

Issue publication date: 20 February 2020

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Abstract

Purpose

This study aims to examine the interrelationship between resilience, robustness and bullwhip effect using an inventory- and order-based production control system being subjected to operational disruption in the customer demand process.

Design/methodology/approach

Control engineering techniques and simulation are employed for the supply chain dynamics study.

Findings

The results show that resilience and robustness are two conflicting performance characteristics and therefore, a tradeoff can be established between them. It is also observed that improvement in resilience and reduction of bullwhip effect can be achieved simultaneously through a proper selection of control parameters.

Originality/value

The work establishes a relationship between the resilient behavior of a supply chain and bullwhip effect.

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Citation

Thomas, A.V. and Mahanty, B. (2020), "Interrelationship among resilience, robustness, and bullwhip effect in an inventory and order based production control system", Kybernetes, Vol. 49 No. 3, pp. 732-752. https://doi.org/10.1108/K-11-2018-0588

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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