China’s Slowdown: The First Stage of the Bullwhip Effect
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
The bullwhip effect is the amplified response to demand signals as one moves “upstream” in the supply chain: from retailers to manufacturers to suppliers to commodity providers. Here’s a hypothetical illustration of the bullwhip effect: A retailer might experience an X% drop in sales owing to some external event.
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