Synchronizing Supply Chains: A Real-Time Solution To The Bullwhip Effect

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10.2991/978-94-6463-858-5_260How to use a DOI?

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bullwhip effect; supply chain resilience; real-time inventory management; role-based access control

Abstract

The Bullwhip Effect is a supply chain management phenomenon wherein slight changes in consumer-level demand result in substantial order variability in upstream supply chain processes, thus leading to the inefficient generation of excess inventory costs, stock-outs, and instability in their operations. This research proposes an intelligent real-time inventory synchronization algorithm for eliminating demand distortion and enabling smooth supplier-retailer collaboration. Leveraging role-based access control (RBAC), the system allows suppliers to keep track of retail inventory levels, consumption trends, and replenishment cycles, while retailers get instant sight of supplier inventories, delivery estimates, and contractual terms. The system operates real-time inventory update based on events of stock movements to synchronize suppliers and retailers, which sends out an alert for both suppliers and retailers to intervene before an actual shortage or over-ordering occurs. This framework does not only mitigate the Bullwhip Effect, but also defines real efficiency in the supply chain by improving inventory update speed by 99% eliminating stockout and overstocking with 28% and 17% respectively. It paves the way for a scalable, real-time solution to one of logistics’ untamed challenges-a smarter, more resilient global supply network.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Akshansh Shrivastava
AU  - Shakila Shaikh
AU  - Shagun Srivastava
AU  - Abhinav Jindal
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/11/04
TI  - Synchronizing Supply Chains: A Real-Time Solution To The Bullwhip Effect
BT  - Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Science and Communication Engineering (ICCSCE 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 3112
EP  - 3126
SN  - 2352-538X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-858-5_260
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-858-5_260
ID  - Shrivastava2025
ER  -