The bullwhip effect refers to the amplifcation of demand variation when moving upstream the supply chain. Bullwhip research so far has mainly focused on linear and distributor networks while integrator and more general network types have not been analyzed in detail yet. First, we derive a metric...

Supply chain network structure has been mentioned as one of the contributors to the Bullwhip Effect in the supply chain. With the incorporation of reverse logistics into most of the supply chains, the structure of the supply chain changes especially if there are more than one player in the...