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Title: | The impact of freight transport capacity limitations on supply chain dynamics |
Authors: | Spiegler, VLM Naim, MM |
Keywords: | Supply chain dynamics;‘Backlash’ effect;Transport capacity;Vertical collaboration;System dynamics simulation |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
Citation: | International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 17 (1): pp. 64 - 88, (2014) |
Abstract: | We investigate how capacity limitations in the transportation system affect the dynamic behaviour of supply chains. We are interested in the more recently defined, 'backlash' effect. Using a system dynamics simulation approach, we replicate the well-known Beer Game supply chain for different transport capacity management scenarios. The results indicate that transport capacity limitations negatively impact on inventory and backlog costs, although there is a positive impact on the 'backlash' effect. We show that it is possible for both backlog and inventory to simultaneous occur, a situation which does not arise with the uncapacitated scenario. A vertical collaborative approach to transport provision is able to overcome such a trade-off. © 2013 Taylor & Francis. |
URI: | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13675567.2013.838012 http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/11422 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13675567.2013.838012 |
ISSN: | 1367-5567 1469-848X |
Appears in Collections: | Brunel Business School Research Papers |
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