Journal of Quality Engineering and Management

Simulation of a Multi-Stage Whip Effect in a Multi-Product and Multi-Level Supply Chain 

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Mohammad Mahdi Movahedi 1
Sayed Ahmad Shayan Nia 1
Hamed Yousefnejad 2

1 Department of Industrial Management, Firoozkooh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Firoozkooh, Iran,  

2 Department of Industrial Management, Firoozkooh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Firoozkooh, Iran,   

Abstract
The purpose and background of this research is to investigate the intensification of changes in demand from the customer to the manufacturer. A beverage factory with two products whose production reaches distributors in different ways was studied. Inventory, communication and participatory models were designed to calculate the whipping effect. Communication and participatory models were also written with the ANFIS MATLAB program to enter information and calculate the whipping effect. For the producer factor, the level of the whip effect has decreased by an average of 22.31%, which is 33.33% for product A and 1.97% for product B. The results shown in the study show an appropriate reduction in the level of the whip effect. For distributors, there is an average decrease of 92.17%. For the producer factor, the level of the whip effect has decreased by an average of 22.31%. 
 

Keywords

whip effect
multi-product supply chains
multi-level and multi-stage supply chains
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Journal of Quality Engineering and Management
Volume 9, Issue 4
Winter 2020
Pages 295-304

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