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Are supply and demand elasticity a risk?

This paper describes the performance of supply chains based on their elasticities of supply and demand. The model can be used to predict a supply chain’s ability to respond to supply interruptions, cost increases, and demand shifts, while also quantifying the degree to which it is prone to the bullwhip effect.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Theory versus Practice
What happens when theory meets practice? Theory fails and practice wins? In academia, more often tha[...]
Economies of integration
Logistics is no longer what it used to be and logistics today plays a much more important and strate[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Book Review: Your Research Project
This book is a must-have for any serious student or budding research. Even if you consider yourself [...]
Risk and vulnerability in maritime supply chains
This week's focus are risks in the maritime supply chain. Today's article reflects on security in ma[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Global Risk Reports
While waiting for the World Economic Forum Global Risk Report for 2009, the continuation of the Glob[...]
America’s Crumbling Infrastructure
My daily morning routine includes a cup of coffee while watching the World Business Report on BBC Wo[...]
from HERE and THERE
ETC 2012 - Call for papers
Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2012, the European Transport Conference or ETC is unique in Euro[...]
Do you know where your truck fleet is right now? No? You should.
Vehicle routing and tracking has taken a giant leap forward Since I first wrote about in 1999 in my [...]