The phenomenon that occurs when small changes in demand occur, the variation in production and inventory levels becomes increasingly amplified upstream at distribution centers, factories, and suppliers, that results in unnecessary costs and difficulties in managing material flow is known as:
a. bullwhip effect.
b. upstream variation.
c. simulation.
d. under-dumping.
a
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