لایه و مکانیزم: یک طبقه بندی جدید برای اثر شلاقی

The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it aims at presenting an extensive literature review on the subject of the Bullwhip Effect, so as to consolidate present knowledge on the dynamics of a supply chain. Then, a new framework is presented to classify the causes of the Bullwhip Effect: this framework is innovative in that it introduces a twofold distinction between layers (physical, reconstructing and control levels) and mechanisms (determinants and triggers), whose interaction may lead to the Bullwhip Effect. Managers and researchers can benefit from this framework in order to classify, understand and explain the causes of this undesired behaviour, and to understand which interventions (on which mechanism and at which layer) could be more effective in reducing the variability amplification.