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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

“Big Short” investor Michael Burry suggested Monday that the Federal Reserve could unexpectedly reverse course on its planned series of sharp interest rate hikes due to an economic phenomenon known as ...

Since early in the Covid-19 pandemic, economists have attributed product shortages and price spikes to the bullwhip effect, which is the chaos in the supply chain that’s created by hoarding and double ...

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 ...