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Supply Chain Management and the Bullwhip Effect

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Your boss was recently reading about supply chain management. During her reading, she came across the term bullwhip effect. She also asked you to put together a presentation about the bullwhip effect so that she could explain it to senior management.

Include the following in your presentation:
How does the bullwhip effect happen?
Why is the effect bad?
What can be done to reduce or eliminate the effect?

need to explain in PowerPoint of 5 to 10 slides with notes

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