Systematic literature review and improved model for mitigating bullwhip effect in low shelf life food supply chain

Abstract

Bullwhip effect in the supply chain distribution network is a phenomenon that is highly avoided because it can lead to high operational costs. It drew the attention of researchers to examine ways to minimize the bullwhip effect. Bullwhip effect occurs because of incorrect company planning in pursuit of customer demand. Bullwhip effect occurs due to increased amplitude of demand variance towards upper supply chain level. If the product handled is a perishable product it will make the bullwhip effect more sensitive. The purpose of this systematic literature review is to map out some of the variables used in constructing mathematical models to minimize the bullwhip effect on food supply chains that have perishable product characteristics. The result of this systematic literature review is that the authors propose an appropriate optimization model that will be applied in the food supply chain sales on the train in Indonesian railways in the next research.