Essays on Batching

The bullwhip effect can be detrimental to the efficiency of a supply chain. Demand of a product may only slightly shift, but it can lead to a much greater shift in manufacturing a product. This is when the “variability in demand is magnified as we move from the customer to the producer in the supply chain” (Robert & Chase). It specifically relates to a lack of coordination in a supply chain as a company makes purchases from its suppliers more unpredictably than it sells to its customer (Mendelson & Bray, 2016). It also relates to a lack of coordination in the ...

Counter Measures to the Bullwhip Effect

Introduction The bullwhip effect is the unexpected distortion of the supply chain. It refers to the “variability of order rates” (Disney and Lambrecht, 2008, p. 3). This supply chain hazard has its roots in Jay Forrester’s Industrial Dynamics Theory of the late 1950s (Goldsby and Martichenko, 2005). Forrester was the first person to introduce the concept and simulate a model in 1961. There are many solutions to counter the bullwhip effect. The reason why there are many solutions to the bullwhip effect is because it is triggered by multiple causes. For instance, the most common cause is overreacting ...

A phenomenon in supply chain by which the rates of orders vary as they move from one echelon of a supply chain hierarchy to the other is referred to as the bullwhip effect (Rong, Shen & Snyder, 2008). The variability for demand accelerates as one move from a lower supply chain level to the upper one. This continual change in the customer demand over the different levels of supply chain causes the variation in the price and amount of orders which are placed in the higher hierarchy of the SC. As a result of these variations, an organization’s supply ...

Origin and Development

The terminology, bullwhip effect, originates from the reality, according to which a light motion of the handle of a bullwhip can results in making the tip of the belt flay wildly at speed more than 800 miles per hour, about 20 percent quicker than speed of sound, producing a sonic boom. One of the major issues occurred at the time of implementation of supply chain is Bullwhip effect. Bullwhip effect was firstly announced by Procter and Gamble Company (Gundlach and Murphy, 2000). Bullwhip effect refers to the increase in inconsistency of orders as one goes up a supply chain. The Bullwhip effect can ...

Batching is a form of time management that helps to maximize concentration while reducing distraction. Increase in concentration obviously increases the ability to produce more, mental sharpness and creativity (Terry, 1989). This increases the aspect of innovation within an individual. Batching in production entails grouping similar activities in the same department of production to improve on the time of production. . It maximizes the efficiency of the operations in the production. In provision of services, batching aims at increasing the tangibility of the services: for example, increase the uniformity of the service, reduce perishability of the service as well reduce ...

The business world is currently in a highly competitive state where the slightest and smallest of strategies employed by management determines the success and profitability of the organization. Through effective application of the strategies and concepts, a business entity might enhance efficiency and effectiveness of business operations, reduce costs and increase profits on commodities produced and sold. In this paper, I will look at two improvement process concepts in relation to logistics, the advantages and disadvantages of the concepts, when they are most effective and my personal opinion on each of them.

One/Single-Piece Flow vs. Large Batch

One-Piece Flow, also known as single piece flow, Continuous ...

Production Scheduling and Control

What is the impact of batching during peak and non-peak periods?

Periods are as follows:

Early dinners (6:00 pm to 7:00 pm)

Batching is very beneficial during early dinners that range from 6:00pm to 7:00 pm in the sense that it reduces the initial costs of the production of the foods. Since the number of customers in the restaurant is usually reduced, the excess food produced is stored. This becomes easier to serve when the numbers of customers have increased in the later hours. For this reason, batching reduces the commotion that is usually caused after 7:00 pm when the number of customers has drastically increased ( ...