The bullwhip effect is a supply chain error that creates false supply and demand fluctuations. In other words, the supply is overstated and the inventory accrues ...

If you own a business, then you might be aware of the bullwhip effect, which is an important supply chain phenomenon first noted by MIT systems scientist Jay Forrester. Even if you have never heard of ...

It's a supply chain problem, likely impacting your coronavirus pandemic shopping experience. "It's just unknown demand," says Jack Ampuja, the executive director of the Supply Chain Center of ...

Recently, major U.S. retailers were caught with too much inventory and were being forced to heavily discount to liquidate it. It was the result of the Bullwhip Effect, which represents a distortion of ...

Big shifts in demand are the bugaboo of any supply chain. All players do their best to avoid gluts and shortages in inventory, and companies higher up the chain are particularly wary of the sting that ...

Last week, we forecast a further decline in U.S. containerized import volumes in the second half of 2023, and a “new” bottom for volumes during this downcycle. The lingering effects of the “bullwhip ...

The value of world trade has grown consistently faster than the growth rate in the world economy since 1960, and it has been much higher since the turn of the century. Since 2000, trade across country ...

In this article, we discuss Michael Burry’s latest warning on the bullwhip effect and 10 retail stocks to watch. If you want to read about some more retail stocks to watch, go directly to Michael ...

What do coffee, ketchup, gasoline, wood pulp and rubber all have in common? These are items that have been identified to become less available in 2021. And why is that? It’s something called “The ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Producers of almost everything were left stranded when the global downturn took hold and retailers ran down ...