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Book to Ship Ratio - Explained

What is the Book-to-Ship Ratio?

Written by Jason Gordon

Updated at June 26th, 2021

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What is the Book To Ship Ratio?Academic Research on Book to Ship Ratio

What is the Book To Ship Ratio?

The book to ship ratio refers to the proportion of the total orders booked for future shipment to those that have been shipped and billed by a company. 

The book to ship ratio measures whether demand is weak or strong and the efficiency of a company in meeting and delivering orders. It also helps to identify problems in the supply chain and how they can be tackled.

Back to: OPERATIONS, LOGISTICS, & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Academic Research on Book to Ship Ratio

  • A logistics and supply chain management approach to port performance measurement, Bichou, K., & Gray, R. (2004). Maritime Policy & Management, 31(1), 47-67.
  • Supply chain integration in vendor-managed inventory, Yao, Y., Evers, P. T., & Dresner, M. E. (2007). Decision support systems, 43(2), 663-674. 
  • Supply chain modeling: past, present and future, Min, H., & Zhou, G. (2002). Computers & industrial engineering, 43(1-2), 231-249.
  • The allocation of inventory risk in a supply chain: Push, pull, and advance-purchase discount contracts, Cachon, G. P. (2004). Management Science, 50(2), 222-238. 
  • The impact of information enrichment on the bullwhip effect in supply chains: A control engineering perspective, Dejonckheere, J., Disney, S. M., Lambrecht, M. R., & Towill, D. R. (2004). European journal of operational research, 153(3), 727-750. 
  • An empirical analysis of the effect of supply chain disruptions on longrun stock price performance and equity risk of the firm, Hendricks, K. B., & Singhal, V. R. (2005). Production and Operations management, 14(1), 35-52. 
  • Inventory inaccuracy and supply chain performance: a simulation study of a retail supply chain, Fleisch, E., & Tellkamp, C. (2005). International journal of production economics, 95(3), 373-385. 
  • Integrating the warehousing and transportation functions of the supply chain, Mason, S. J., Ribera, P. M., Farris, J. A., & Kirk, R. G. (2003).Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 39(2), 141-159. 
  • Modeling lean, agile, and leagile supply chain strategies, Goldsby, T. J., Griffis, S. E., & Roath, A. S. (2006). Journal of business logistics, 27(1), 57-80. 
  • The competitiveness of short sea shipping in multimodal logistics supply chains: service attributes, Paixo Casaca, A. C., & Marlow, P. B. (2005). Maritime Policy & Management, 32(4), 363-382.
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