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Publications

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Feb 28, 2029
S.M. Disney

The impact of supply chain structure on risk hedging: Procurement contract selection under monopoly, retailer competition, and manufacturer competition

2025 INFORMS International Meeting, July 20th-23rd, SINGAPORE.
Jul 23, 2025
Q. Zhu, Y. Wang, G. Cui, S.M. Disney

Effect of interest rates on supply chain contract selection

Accepted for publication in the International Journal of Production Research.
May 24, 2025
Q. Zhu, S.M. Disney, X. Xing, Y. Wang,

Volume flexibility at responsive suppliers in reshoring decisions: Analysis of a dual sourcing inventory model

Production and Operations Management, 34 (5), 1114-1133.
May 15, 2025
J. Gijsbrechts, R. Boute, S.M. Disney, J.A. Van Mieghem

Dynamic analysis of the proportional order-up-to policy with damped trend forecasts

International Journal of Production Economics, 285, 109612.
May 5, 2025
Q. Li, G. Gaalman, S.M. Disney

Operations and supply chain management: Principles and practice

Under review at the International Journal of Production Research.
Feb 2, 2025
F. Petropoulos, H. Akkermans, O.Z. Aksin, …, S.M. Disney, …, T. Zheng

Possibility theory: A foundation for theoretical and empirical explorations of uncertainty

Journal of Operations Management, 70:8, 1182-1193.
Jul 1, 2024
F. Pil, S.M. Disney, J. Holmström, B. Lawson, C.S. Tang

Operational research: Methods and applications.

Journal of the Operational Research Society, 75 (3), 423–617.
Mar 3, 2024
F. Petropoulos, E. Aktas, S.A. Alumur, …, S.M. Disney, …, X. Zhao

Global dual sourcing: ARMA(1,1) market demand and its decomposition

Pre-prints of the 23rd International Working Seminar of Production Economics, 14th-18th February, Innsbruck, AUSTRIA, Vol. 4, pp50-65.
Feb 18, 2024
T. Hosoda, S.M. Disney, G.C.J. Gaalman

On the equivalence of the proportional and damped trend order-up-to policies: An eigenvalue analysis

International Journal of Production Economics, 265, 109005.
Aug 1, 2023
Q. Li, G. Gaalman, S.M. Disney

Unifying the dynamics of make-to-stock and make-to-order supply chains

16th International Society for Inventory Research Summer School, 24th-28th July, Cardiff, UK, 19 pages.
Jul 28, 2023
Y. Singh, S.M. Disney

Pop-up production: Flexible capacity deployment in additive manufacturing for short-term opportunistic production

30th EurOMA Conference, 3rd-5th July, Leuven, BELGIUM, 10 pages.
Jul 5, 2023
D. Eyers, Y. Huang, A. Soroka, A. Syntetos, A. Lahy, S.M. Disney

自己相関を持つ価格モデルと線形需要モデルによるサプライチェーンのダイナミクスと経済性 (Supply chain dynamics and economics based on autocorrelated price models and linear demand models)

Japan Industrial Management Association 2023 Spring Conference, 3rd-4th June, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, JAPAN, 2pp.
Jun 4, 2023
T. Hosoda, S.M. Disney, G.C.J. Gaalman

On the order-up-to policy with intermittent integer demand and logically consistent forecasts

International Journal of Production Economics, 257, 108763.
Jan 6, 2023
B. Rostami-Tabar, S.M. Disney

On the stationary stochastic response of an order-constrained inventory system

European Journal of Operational Research, 304 (2), 543-557.
Jan 4, 2023
X. Wang, S.M. Disney, B. Ponte

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Jan 1, 2023
S.M. Disney

When bullwhip increases in the lead time: An eigenvalue analysis of ARMA demand

International Journal of Production Economics, 250, 108623.
Dec 1, 2022
G. Gaalman, S.M. Disney, X. Wang

Impact of correlated price sensitive demand on the dynamics and economics of supply chains

6th World Conference on Production and Operations Management, 23rd-25th August, Kindai University, Osaka, JAPAN (Online), 10 pages.
Aug 25, 2022
T. Hosoda, S.M. Disney, G.C.J. Gaalman

An integrative visual multifactor analysis of the UK payments system stakeholders’ strategic reports

29th European Operations Management Association Annual Conference, 1st-6th July, Berlin, GERMANY, 11 pages.
Jul 6, 2022
D.E. Bermudez Bermejo, M.M. Naim, S.M. Disney

The yield rate paradox in closed-loop supply chains

International Journal of Production Economics, 239, 108187.
May 1, 2022
T. Hosoda, S.M. Disney, L. Zhou

On the order-up-to policy with intermittent integer demand and coherent forecasts

Pre-prints of the 22nd International Working Seminar on Production Economics, 21st-25th February, Innsbruck, AUSTRIA.
Feb 25, 2022
B. Rostami-Tabar, S.M. Disney

On the equivalence of the proportional and damped trend order-up-to policies: An eigenvalue analysis

Pre-prints of the 22nd International Working Seminar on Production Economics, 21st-25th February, Innsbruck, AUSTRIA (On-line).
Feb 25, 2022
Q. Li, G. Gaalman, S.M. Disney

Dual sourcing and smoothing under non-stationary demand time series: Re-shoring with SpeedFactories

Management Science, 68 (2), 1039-1057.
Feb 2, 2022
R. Boute, S.M. Disney, J. Gijsbrechts, J.A. Van Mieghem

Exploring the nonlinear dynamics of the lost-sales order-up-to policy

International Journal of Production Research, 59 (19), 5809-5830.
Sep 15, 2021
S.M. Disney, B. Ponte, X. Wang

Challenges within closed-loop supply chains: Remedies for the conflict between sustainability and system-wide cost

Pre-prints of the 21st International Working Seminar on Production Economics, 24th-28th February, Innsbruck, AUSTRIA, 16 pages.
Feb 28, 2020
T. Hosoda, S.M. Disney, L. Zhou

Local supply inflexibility in dual-source supply chains: Optimal policy and cost implications

Pre-prints of the 21st International Working Seminar on Production Economics, 24th-28th February, Innsbruck, AUSTRIA, 13 pages.
Feb 28, 2020
J. Gijsbrechts, R.N. Boute, S.M. Disney, J.A. Van Mieghem

Global dual sourcing under correlated demand

Pre-prints of the 21st International Working Seminar on Production Economics, 24th-28th February, Innsbruck, AUSTRIA, 14 pages.
Feb 27, 2020
R.N. Boute, S.M. Disney, J.A. Van Mieghem

The impact of stochastic lead times on the bullwhip effect under correlated demand and moving average forecasts

Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, 93, 102033.
Feb 2, 2020
Z. Michna, S.M. Disney, P. Nielsen

Service levels in make-to-order production: 3D printing applications

In Managing 3D Printing: Operations Management for Additive Manufacturing, edited by D.R Eyers, Palgrave Macmillan, UK, 12 pages. ISBN: 3030233227.
Jan 25, 2020
C.P.T. Hedenstierna, S.M. Disney, J. Holmström

The nonlinear dynamics of order-up-to inventory systems with lost sales

International Federation of Automatic Control: Manufacturing, Modelling, Management and Control - 9th MIM, Berlin, Germany, 28th-30th August. Published in IFAC Papers Online, 52(13), 2291-2296.
Aug 30, 2019
S.M. Disney, B. Ponte, X. Wang

When the bullwhip effect is an increasing function of the lead time

International Federation of Automatic Control: Manufacturing, Modelling, Management and Control - 9th MIM, Berlin, Germany, 28th-30th August. Published in IFAC Papers Online, 52(13), 2297-2302.
Aug 29, 2019
G.C.J. Gaalman, S.M. Disney, X. Wang

Economies of collaboration in build-to-model operations

Journal of Operations Management, 65 (8), 753-773.
Feb 1, 2019
C.P.T. Hedenstierna, S.M. Disney, D.R. Eyers, J. Holmström, A.A. Syntetos, X. Wang

The inventory performance of forecasting methods: Evidence from the M3 competition data

International Journal of Forecasting, 35 (1), 251 - 265.
Jan 6, 2019
F. Petropoulos, X. Wang, S.M. Disney

A unified theory of the dynamics of closed-loop supply chains

European Journal of Operational Research, 269 (1), 313–326.
Jul 24, 2018
T. Hosoda, S.M. Disney

Avoiding the capacity cost trap: Three means of smoothing under cyclical production planning

International Journal of Production Economics, 201, 149-162.
Jul 4, 2018
C.P.T. Hedenstierna, S.M. Disney

Understanding your supply chain: Dynamic value stream mapping for business improvement

25th International EurOMA Conference, Budapest, Hungary, 24th-26th June, 10 pages.
Jun 26, 2018
X. Meng, L. Purvis, S.M. Disney

Inventory performance of the damped trend forecasting method

Pre-prints of the 20th International Working Seminar of Production Economics, Innsbruck, Austria, 19th-23rd February, 1, 249-260.
Feb 19, 2018
Q. Li, S.M. Disney

Bullwhip behaviour as a function of the lead-time for the order-up-to policy under ARMA demand

Pre-prints of the 20th International Working Seminar of Production Economics, Innsbruck, Austria, 19th-23rd February, 2, 181-192.
Feb 18, 2018
G. Gaalman, S.M. Disney, X. Wang

Coordinating supply chains via advance-order discounts, minimum order quantities, and delegations

Production and Operations Management, 26 (12), 2175–2186.
Dec 25, 2017
P. Chintapalli, S.M. Disney, C.S. Tang

Revisiting rescheduling: MRP nervousness and the bullwhip effect

International Journal of Production Research, 55 (7), 1992–2012.
Nov 26, 2017
Q. Li, S.M. Disney

Mitigating variance amplification under stochastic lead-time: The proportional control approach

European Journal of Operational Research, 256 (1), 151-162.
Nov 18, 2017
X. Wang, S.M. Disney

The impact of product returns and remanufacturing uncertainties on the dynamic performance of a multi-echelon closed-loop supply chain

International Journal of Production Economics, 183, 487–502.
Sep 15, 2017
L. Zhou, M.M. Naim, S.M. Disney

Impact of cannibalization in a remanufacturing supply chain

24th International Conference on Production Research, Poznan, Poland, July 30th-3rd August, 5 pages.
Aug 3, 2017
Y. Kainuma, Y. Sasaki , S.M. Disney

The bullwhip effect under count time series: The case of first order integer auto-regressive demand processes

Proceedings of the 2017 International Symposium on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Bristol, UK, July 24th-25th, 229-240.
Jul 25, 2017
B. Rostami-Tabar, S.M. Disney

Footfall for finer food forecasts

24th Annual EurOMA Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, 3rd-5th July, 9 pages.
Jul 5, 2017
C.P.T. Hedenstierna, I.I.H. Adam, S.M. Disney, H.C. Dreyer

Exploring nonlinear supply chains: The dynamics of capacity constraints

International Journal of Production Research, 55 (14), 4053–4067.
Apr 10, 2017
B. Ponte, X. Wang, D. de la Fuente, S.M. Disney

Revisiting activity sampling: a fresh look at binomial proportion confidence intervals

European Journal of Industrial Engineering, 10 (6), 724-759.
Dec 24, 2016
S.M. Disney

Modelling the impact of factory gate pricing on transport and logistics

In “Developments in Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Past, Present and Future”, edited by K.S. Pawar, H. Rogers, A. Potter and M.M. Naim, Palgrave Macmillan, UK, 231–239. ISBN: 978-1-349-55848-3.
Nov 1, 2016
A. Potter, C. Lalwani, S.M. Disney, H. Velho

Inventory performance under staggered deliveries and autocorrelated demand

European Journal of Operational Research, 249 (3), 1082–1091.
Oct 10, 2016
C.P.T. Hedenstierna, S.M. Disney

Collaborative supply chain configurations: The implications for supplier performance in production and inventory control

In “Developments in Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Past, Present and Future”, edited by K.S. Pawar, H. Rogers, A. Potter and M.M. Naim, Palgrave Macmillan, UK, 27–37. ISBN: 978-1-349-55848-3.
Sep 25, 2016
J. Holmström, J. Småros, S.M. Disney, D.R. Towill

Inventory management for stochastic lead times with order crossovers

European Journal of Operational Research, 248, 473–486.
Sep 9, 2016
S.M. Disney, A. Maltz, X. Wang, R.D.H. Warburton

The bullwhip effect: progress, trends and directions

European Journal of Operational Research, 250 (3), 691–701
Aug 8, 2016
X. Wang, S.M. Disney

Order book management in 3D printing service operations: A design science approach

23th Annual EurOMA Conference, Trondheim, Norway, 17th-22nd June, 10 pages.
Jun 22, 2016
C.P.T. Hedenstierna, S.M. Disney, J. Holmström

Editorial: Special issue on “Innovative service and manufacturing design”

International Journal of Production Economics, 171 (2), 163-164.
Jan 1, 2016
Y.H.V. Lun, M. Quaddus, M.M. Naim, S.M. Disney

Fill rate in a periodic review order-up-to policy under auto-correlated normally distributed, possibly negative, demand

International Journal of Production Economics, 170, 501–512.
Dec 12, 2015
S.M. Disney, G. Gaalman, C.P.T. Hedenstierna, T. Hosoda

The impact of information sharing, random yield, correlation, and lead times in closed loop supply chains

European Journal of Operational Research, 246, 827–836.
Nov 11, 2015
T. Hosoda, S.M. Disney, N. Gavirneni

Reducing order and inventory variability under stochastic lead-time and correlated demand

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems Management, Seville, Spain, 21st-23rd October, 312-321.
Oct 23, 2015
S.M. Disney

On net stock amplification in the damped trend order-up-to system

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems Management, Seville, Spain, 21st-23rd October, 322-328.
Oct 22, 2015
Q. Li, S.M. Disney

Supply chain collaboration in tourism: A transaction cost economics analysis

International Journal of Supply Chain Management 4 (3) , pp. 25-31.
Sep 30, 2015
P. Piboonrungroj, S.M. Disney

The cascade reuse supply chain at Fuji Xerox: A stochastic analysis

26th Production and Operations Management Society Annual Conference, Washington, USA, 8th-11th May, 10 pages.
May 11, 2015
Y. Kainuma, S.M. Disney

The safety stock and inventory cost paradox in a stochastic lead time setting

26th Production and Operations Management Society Annual Conference, Washington, USA, 8th-11th May, 10 pages.
May 11, 2015
S.M. Disney, A. Maltz, X. Wang, R.D.H. Warburton

Coordinating lead times and safety stocks under autocorrelated demand

European Journal of Operational Research, 232 (1), 52–63.
Dec 12, 2014
R.N. Boute, S.M. Disney, M.R. Lambrecht, B. Van Houdt

Avoiding the bullwhip effect using Damped Trend forecasting and the Order-Up-To replenishment policy

International Journal of Production Economics, 149, 3–16.
Nov 11, 2014
Q. Li, S.M. Disney, G. Gaalman

Exploring the oscillatory dynamics of a forbidden returns inventory system

International Journal of Production Economics, 147, 3–12.
Oct 29, 2014
X. Wang, S.M. Disney, J. Wang

Levelling product mix in a Heijunka Board with shortest path algorithms

Pre-prints of the 18th International Working Seminar of Production Economics, Innsbruck, Austria, 24th-28th Feburary, Vol. 4, 75–87.
Feb 27, 2014
I. Harris, S.M. Disney

Fill rate in a periodic review Order-Up-To policy under correlated normally distributed demand

Pre-prints of the 18th International Working Seminar of Production Economics, Innsbruck, Austria, 24th-28th Feburary, Vol. 1, 103–115.
Feb 26, 2014
S.M. Disney, G. Gaalman, C.P.T. Hedenstierna, T. Hosoda

When can advance notice be most beneficial for closed loop supply chains?

Pre-prints of the 18th International Working Seminar of Production Economics, Innsbruck, Austria, 24th-28th Feburary, Vol. 2, 267-279.
Feb 25, 2014
T. Hosoda, S.M. Disney, N. Gavirneni

The inventory ripple effect in just-in-time systems with auto-correlated demand

Pre-prints of the 18th International Working Seminar of Production Economics, Innsbruck, Austria, 24th-28th Feburary, Vol. 3, 207-217.
Feb 24, 2014
C.P.T. Hedenstierna, S.M. Disney

Net present value analysis of the economic production quantity

IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 147, 3–12.
Dec 12, 2013
S.M. Disney, R.D.H. Warburton, Q.C. Zhong

On the Lambert W function: Economic order quantity applications and pedagogical considerations

International Journal of Production Economics, 40 (2), pp756–764.
Nov 11, 2013
S.M. Disney, R.D.H. Warburton

Stochastic design of a global closed loop supply chain: Planning and managing the reverse network at Fuji Xerox

22nd International Conference on Production Research, Iguassu Falls, Brazil, 28th July–1st August, 7 pages.
Aug 1, 2013
Y. Kainuma, S.M. Disney

Global supply chain design: Understanding costs through dynamic modelling

18th International Symposium on Logistics, Vienna, Austria, July 7th–10th, 8 pages.
Jul 7, 2013
S.M. Disney, P. McCullen

Removing bullwhip from Lexmark’s toner operations

Production and Operations Management Society Annual Conference, Denver, USA, May 3rd–6th, 10 pages.
May 6, 2013
S.M. Disney, L. Hoshiko , L. Polley, C. Weigel

Stability analysis of constrained inventory systems with transportation delay

European Journal of Operational Research, 223 (1), pp86–95.
Dec 12, 2012
X. Wang, S.M. Disney, J. Wang

Bullwhip in a multi-product production setting

Tijdschrift voor Economie en Management – Review of Business and Economic Literature, 57 (3), 351–377.
Nov 11, 2012
R.N. Boute, J. Dejonckheere, S.M. Disney, W. Van de Velde

A delayed demand supply chain: Incentives for upstream players

Omega, 40 (4), 478-487.
Oct 20, 2012
T. Hosoda, S.M. Disney

On the replenishment policy when the market demand information is lagged

International Journal of Production Economics, 135 (1), 458–467.
Sep 21, 2012
T. Hosoda, S.M. Disney

The EU emissions trading scheme and the carbon intensity of supply chains: A UK grocery retail perspective

4th World Production and Operations Management Conference, Amsterdam, Holland, June 1st - 5th, 10 pages.
Jun 5, 2012
V. Sanchez-Rodrigues, I. Harris, I.-T. Tsai, S.M. Disney

Impact of inter-firm collaboration on firm performance: Comparison from the perspective of different supply chain members

4th World Production and Operations Management Conference, Amsterdam, Holland, June 1st - 5th, 10 pages.
Jun 4, 2012
P. Piboonrungroj, S.M. Disney

Bullwhip behaviour in the order-up-to policy with ARIMA demand

4th World Production and Operations Management Conference, Amsterdam, Holland, June 1st - 5th, 11 pages.
Jun 2, 2012
S.M. Disney

Closed loop supply chains: The impact of advance notice and lead-times

4th World Production and Operations Management Conference, Amsterdam, Holland, June 1st - 5th, 11 pages.
Jun 1, 2012
T. Hosoda, S.M. Disney

Damped trend forecasting and the order-up-to replenishment policy

Pre-prints of the 17th International Working Seminar of Production Economics, Innsbruck, Austria, February 20th – 24th, Volume 3, 205 - 216.
Feb 21, 2012
Q. Li, S.M. Disney

Review of stochastic cost functions for production and inventory control

Pre-prints of the 17th International Working Seminar of Production Economics, Innsbruck, Austria, February 20th – 24th, Volume 1, 117-128.
Feb 20, 2012
S.M. Disney, T. Hosoda, G. Gaalman

Impact of scheduling frequency and shared capacity on production and inventory costs

Pre-prints of the 17th International Working Seminar of Production Economics, Innsbruck, Austria, 20th-24th Feburary, Vol. 2, 277-288.
Jan 1, 2012
C.P.T. Hedenstierna, S.M. Disney

Editorial: Special Issue of the Sixteenth International Working Seminar on Production Economics, Innsbruck 2010

International Journal of Production Economics, 140 (2), 557-558.
Jan 1, 2012
S.M. Disney, M. Bogataj, O. Tang

Supply chain integration: An international comparison of maturity

Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, 23 (4), 531–552.
Dec 25, 2011
P. Childerhouse, E. Deakins, T. Böhme, D.R. Towill, S.M. Disney, R. Banomyong

Mediating effect of transaction costs in supply chain relationships: An empirical examination

British Academy of Management Annual Conference, Aston University, Birmingham, UK, September 13th – 15th, 8 pages.
Sep 13, 2011
P. Piboonrungroj, S.M. Disney, S. Williams

Net present value analysis of the economic production quantity

53rd Annual OR Society Conference Keynote and Short Papers, Edited by D. Petrovic and A.A. Syntetos, Nottingham, UK, September 6th – 8th, 29 - 34.
Sep 8, 2011
S.M. Disney, R.D.H. Warburton, Q.C. Zhong

Stability analysis of a constrained inventory system

21st International Conference on Production Research, Stuttgart, Germany, 31st July- 4th August, 6 pages.
Aug 4, 2011
X. Wang, S.M. Disney

Supply chain collaboration, inter-firm trust and logistics performance: Evidence from the tourism sector: A structural equation model

18th Annual EurOMA Conference, June 3rd–6th, Cambridge, UK, 87-96.
Jun 3, 2011
P. Piboonrungroj, S.M. Disney

A pragmatic approach to the design of bullwhip controllers

International Journal of Production Economics, 128, 556–568.
Dec 12, 2010
L. Zhou, S.M. Disney, D.R. Towill

Los cuatros arquetipos de cadena de suministro – The Four Supply Chain Archetypes

Universia Business Review, 26 (2), 134–149.
Nov 10, 2010
S. Cannella, E. Ciancimino, J.M. Framinan, S.M. Disney

Revisiting Magee’s production smoothing rule

17th EurOMA Annual Conference, Porto, Portugal, 6th-9th June, 10 pages.
Jun 6, 2010
G. Gaalman, S.M. Disney

Removing bullwhip from the Tesco supply chain

Production and Operations Management Society Annual Conference, 7th-10th May, Vancouver, Canada. Paper No. 015-0397, 19 pages.
Jan 1, 2010
A. Potter, S.M. Disney

On bullwhip in a family of order-up-to policies with ARMA(2,2) demand and arbitrary lead-times

International Journal of Production Economics, 121 (2), 454-463.
Dec 3, 2009
G. Gaalman, S.M. Disney

Impact of market demand mis-specification on a two-level supply chain

International Journal of Production Economics, 121 (2), 739-751.
Nov 22, 2009
T. Hosoda, S.M. Disney

The influence of multi-product production strategy on factory induced bullwhip

International Journal of Production Research, 47 (20), 5739-5759.
Oct 4, 2009
A. Potter, D.R. Towill, T. Böhme, S.M. Disney

Forecasting for inventory planning: a 50-year review

Journal of the Operations Research Society, 60 (S1), 149-160.
Sep 23, 2009
A.A. Syntetos, J.E. Boylan, S.M. Disney

The effects of schedule volatility on supply chain performance

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 12 (4), 313-328.
Aug 8, 2009
P. Childerhouse, S.M. Disney, D.R. Towill

Designing replenishment rules in a two-echelon supply chain with a flexible or an inflexible capacity strategy

International Journal of Production Economics, 119, 187-198.
Jun 3, 2009
R.N. Boute, S.M. Disney, M.R. Lambrecht, B. Van Houdt

Altruistic behaviour in a two-echelon supply chain with unmatched proportional feedback controllers

International Journal of of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications, 6 (3-4), 269-286.
May 5, 2009
S.M. Disney, T. Hosoda

On a myth in supply chain management

Journal of Japan Industrial Management Association, 59, 431-436.
Apr 4, 2009
T. Hosoda, S.M. Disney

Editorial for the Special Issue: Papers from the 19th International Conference on Production Research

International Journal of Logistics: Research and Applications, 12 (4), 231-232.
Jan 3, 2009
S.M. Disney

A win-win solution for the bullwhip problem

Production Planning and Control, 19 (7), 702-711.
Dec 25, 2008
R.N. Boute, S.M. Disney, M.R. Lambrecht, B. Van Houdt

A generalized order-up-to policy and altruistic behavior in a three-level supply chain

In “Supply Chain Management and Knowledge Management: Integrating Critical Perspectives in Theory and Practice”, edited by A. Dwivedi and T. Butcher, Palgrave Macmillan, 190–216. ISBN: 978-0-230-57343-7.
Dec 1, 2008
T. Hosoda, S.M. Disney

Managing bullwhip-induced risks in supply chains

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, 10 (3), 238-262.
Nov 24, 2008
D.R. Towill, S.M. Disney

Understanding supply chain dynamics via simulation

In “Construction Supply Chain Management Handbook”, edited by W.J. O’Brien, C.T. Formoso, R. Vrijhoef and K.A. London, CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA, 30 pages. ISBN: 9781420047455.
Nov 7, 2008
S. Strohhecker, S.M. Disney, M.M. Naim

On replenishment rules, forecasting, and the bullwhip effect in supply chains

Foundations and Trends(R) in Technology, Information and Operations Management, 2 (1), 1-80.
Oct 10, 2008
S.M. Disney, M.R. Lambrecht

On the impact of order volatility in the European automotive sector

International Journal of Production Economics, 114 (1), 2-13.
Sep 29, 2008
P. Childerhouse, S.M. Disney, D.R. Towill

The impact of process maturity and uncertainty on supply chain performance: An empirical study

International Journal of of Manufacturing Technology and Management, 15 (1), 12-27.
Aug 8, 2008
A. Lockamy III, P. Childerhouse, S.M. Disney, D.R. Towill, K. McCormack

Supply chain aperiodicity, bullwhip and stability analysis with Jury’s inners

IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 19 (2), 101-116.
Jul 4, 2008
S.M. Disney

The value of coordination in a two-echelon supply chain

IIE Transactions, 40 (3), 341-355.
Jun 4, 2008
S.M. Disney, M. Lambrecht, D.R. Towill, W. Van de Velde

Is there a benefit to sharing market sales information? Linking theory and practice

Computers & Industrial Engineering, 54 (2), 315-326.
Dec 17, 2007
T. Hosoda, M.M. Naim, S.M. Disney, A. Potter

Integrating transport into supply chains: Vendor managed inventory

In “Trends in Supply Chain Design and Management: Technologies and Methodologies”, edited by H. Jung, F.F. Chen and B. Jeong, Springer-Verlag, London, 331-344. ISBN: 978-1-84628-607-0.
Dec 1, 2007
A.T. Potter, D.R. Towill, S.M. Disney

Order and inventory variance amplification: The equivalence of discrete and continuous time analyses

International Journal of Production Economics, 110, 128-137.
Nov 23, 2007
R. Warburton, S.M. Disney

Controlling bullwhip and inventory variability with the golden smoothing rule

European Journal of Industrial Engineering, 1 (3), 241-265.
Oct 10, 2007
S.M. Disney, I. Farasyn, M.R. Lambrecht, D.R. Towill, W. Van de Velde

The myopic order-up-to policy with a proportional feedback controller

International Journal of Production Research, 45 (2), 351-368.
Jul 2, 2007
Y.F. Chen, S.M. Disney

Reducing the bullwhip effect: Looking through the appropriate lens

International Journal of Production Economics, 108 (1-2), 444-453.
Jul 1, 2007
D.R. Towill, L. Zhou, S.M. Disney

An integrated production and inventory model to dampen upstream demand variability in the supply chain

European Journal of Operational Research, 178 (1), 121-142.
Jun 1, 2007
R.N. Boute, S.M. Disney, M.R. Lambrecht, B. Van Houdt

On variance amplification in a three-echelon supply chain with minimum mean square error forecasting

Omega, 34 (4), 344-358.
Dec 30, 2006
T. Hosoda, S.M. Disney

Controlling replenishment rule induced bullwhip via good systems design

In “The bullwhip effect in supply chains: A review of methods, components and practical cases”, edited by O.A. Carranza Torres and F. Villegas Morán, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 95-106. ISBN: 978-1-4039-9858-3.
Dec 2, 2006
S.M. Disney, D.R. Towill

Bullwhip and batching: An exploration

International Journal of Production Economics, 104 (2), 408-418.
Nov 5, 2006
A. Potter, S.M. Disney

State space investigation of the bullwhip problem with ARMA(1,1) demand processes

International Journal of Production Economics, 104 (2), 327-339.
Oct 22, 2006
G. Gaalman, S.M. Disney

The governing dynamics of supply chains: The impact of altruistic behaviour

Automatica, 42 (4), 1301-1309.
Sep 3, 2006
T. Hosoda, S.M. Disney

On assessing the sensitivity to uncertainty in distribution network design

International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, 36 (1), 5-21.
Jun 4, 2006
C.S. Lalwani, S.M. Disney, M.M. Naim

Taming the bullwhip effect whilst watching customer service in a single supply chain echelon

European Journal of Operational Research, 42 (4), 1301-1309.
Jun 4, 2006
S.M. Disney, I. Farasyn, M.R. Lambrecht, D.R. Towill, W. Van de Velde

On bullwhip in supply chains: Historical review, present practice and expected future impact

International Journal of Production Economics, 101 (1), 2-18.
May 5, 2006
S. Geary, S.M. Disney, D.R. Towill

On the equivalence of control theoretic, differential, and difference equation approaches to modeling supply chains

International Journal of Production Economics, 101 (1), 194-208.
Apr 15, 2006
S.M. Disney, D.R. Towill, R.D.H. Warburton

A methodology for benchmarking replenishment-induced bullwhip

Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 11 (2), 160-168.
Mar 13, 2006
S.M. Disney, D.R. Towill

Estimation in supply chain inventory management

International Journal of Production Research, 44 (7), 1313-1330.
Feb 21, 2006
J.C. Hayya, J.G. Kim, S.M. Disney, T.P. Harrison, D. Chatfield

Controllable, observable, and stable state space representations of a generalized order-up-to policy

International Journal of Production Economics, 101 (1), 173-184
Jan 6, 2006
C.S. Lalwani, S.M. Disney, D.R. Towill

Bullwhip and inventory variance in a closed loop supply chain

OR Spectrum, 28 (1), 127-149.
Jan 4, 2006
L. Zhou, S.M. Disney

Analysis and optimization of inventory variance and bullwhip in a manufacturing/remanufacturing system

Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University, 39 (10), 1587-1591.
Dec 19, 2005
L. Zhou, S. Xu, S.M. Disney

Smooth is smart: Bullwhip, inventory, fill-rates and the golden ratio

Tijdschrift voor Economie en Management-Review of Business and Economic Literature, L (2), 167-186.
Nov 22, 2005
S.M. Disney, I. Farasyn, M.R. Lambrecht, D.R. Towill, W. Van de Velde

Towards responsive vehicle supply: A simulation-based investigation into automotive scheduling systems

Journal of Operations Management, 23 (5), 507-530.
Oct 17, 2005
M. Holweg, S.M. Disney, P. Hines, M.M. Naim

Supply chain collaboration: Making sense of the strategy continuum

European Management Journal, 23 (2), 170-181.
Sep 15, 2005
M. Holweg, S.M. Disney, J. Holmström, J. Småros

Eliminating drift in inventory and order based production control systems

International Journal of Production Economics, 93-94, 331-344.
Aug 16, 2005
S.M. Disney, D.R. Towill

Tailored toolkit to enable seamless supply chains

International Journal of Production Research, 42 (17), 3627-3646.
Dec 24, 2004
P. Childerhouse, S.M. Disney, D.R. Towill

The impact of VMI on transport operations

In “Transport in Supply Chains”, edited by C. Lalwani, R. Mason, A. Potter and B. Yang, Cardiff Business School, UK. ISBN: 0-9537982-3-2.
Dec 2, 2004
S.M. Disney, A. Potter, B. Gardner

Economic consequences of a production and inventory control policy

International Journal of Production Research, 42 (17), 3419-3431.
Nov 11, 2004
S.M. Disney, R.W. Grubbström

Variance amplification and the golden ratio in production and inventory control

International Journal of Production Economics, 90 (3), pp295-309.
Oct 20, 2004
S.M. Disney, D.R. Towill, W. Van de Velde

Assessing the impact of e-business on supply chain dynamics

International Journal of Production Economics, 89 (2), 109-118.
Sep 30, 2004
S.M. Disney, M.M. Naim, A.T. Potter

Supply chain dynamics

In book: Supply Chains: Concepts, Critique and Futures. Edited by S. New and R. Westbrook, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 109-132. ISBN 0-19-925932-1.
Sep 9, 2004
M.M. Naim, S.M. Disney, D.R. Towill

Further insights into the stability of supply chains

International Journal of Production Research, 42 (3), 639-648.
Aug 20, 2004
R.D.H. Warburton, S.M. Disney, D.R. Towill, J.P.E. Hodgson

The impact of information enrichment on the bullwhip effect in supply chains: A control engineering perspective

European Journal of Operational Research, 153 (3), 727-750.
Jan 20, 2004
J. Dejonckheere, S.M. Disney, M.R. Lambrecht, D.R. Towill

The dynamics of aggregate planning

Production Planning & Control, 14 (6), 497-516.
Nov 22, 2003
J. Dejonckheere, S.M. Disney, M.R. Lambrecht, D.R. Towill

Vendor-managed inventory and bullwhip reduction in a two-level supply chain

International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 23 (6), 625-651.
Oct 15, 2003
S.M. Disney, D.R. Towill

The effect of vendor managed inventory dynamics on the bullwhip effect in supply chains

International Journal of Production Economics, 85 (2), 199-215.
Sep 12, 2003
S.M. Disney, D.R. Towill

The impact of vendor managed inventory on transport operations

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 39 (5), 363-380.
Aug 2, 2003
S.M. Disney, A.T. Potter, B.M. Gardner

Explicit filters and supply chain design

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 9 (2), 73-81.
Jun 22, 2003
D.R. Towill, M.R. Lambrecht, S.M. Disney, J. Dejonckheere

Measuring and avoiding the bullwhip effect: A control theoretic approach

European Journal of Operational Research, 147 (3), 567-590.
May 5, 2003
J. Dejonckheere, S.M. Disney, M.R. Lambrecht, D.R. Towill

On the bullwhip and inventory variance produced by an ordering policy

Omega, 31 (3), 157-167.
Jan 6, 2003
S.M. Disney, D.R. Towill

Minimum reasonable inventory and the bullwhip effect in an automotive enterprise: A foresight vehicle demonstrator

SAE Technical Paper, 3, 196-203.
Dec 20, 2002
M.M. Naim, S.M. Disney, G.N. Evans

A procedure for the optimization of the dynamic response of a vendor managed inventory system

Computers & Industrial Engineering, 43 (1-2), 27-58.
Nov 16, 2002
S.M. Disney, D.R. Towill

Transfer function analysis of forecasting induced bullwhip in supply chains

International Journal of Production Economics, 78 (2), 133-144.
Oct 12, 2002
J. Dejonckheere, S.M. Disney, M.R. Lambrecht, D.R. Towill

A supply chain diagnostic methodology: Determining the vector of change

Computers & Industrial Engineering, 43, (1-2), 135-157.
Oct 1, 2002
M.M. Naim, S.M. Disney, P. Childerhouse, D.R. Towill

A discrete transfer function model to determine the dynamic stability of a vendor managed inventory supply chain

International Journal of Production Research, 40 (1), 179-204.
Jun 6, 2002
S.M. Disney, D.R. Towill

Integrating the automotive supply chain: Where are we now?

International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, 32 (2), 79-95.
Mar 1, 2002
D.R. Towill, S.M. Disney, P. Childerhouse

Genetic algorithm optimisation of a class of inventory control systems

International Journal of Production Economics, 68 (3), 259-278.
Dec 12, 2000
S.M. Disney, M.M. Naim, D.R. Towill

Speeding up the progress curve towards effective supply chain management

Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 5 (3), 122-130.
Nov 11, 2000
D.R. Towill, P. Childerhouse, S.M. Disney

The dynamics of emergency transhipment supply chains

International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, 30 (9), 788-815.
Oct 10, 2000
S.M. Hong-Minh, S.M. Disney, M.M. Naim

Modelling the consequences of a strategic supply chain initiative of an automotive aftermarket operation

International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, 29 (9), 535-551.
Dec 1, 1999
J. Hammant, S.M. Disney, M.M. Naim

Dynamic simulation modelling for lean logistics

International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, 27 (3), 174-196.
Dec 1, 1997
S.M. Disney, M.M. Naim, D.R. Towill
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