Industry WIKI

The bullwhip effect is a supply chain phenomenon where orders to suppliers tend to have a larger variability than sales to buyers, which results in an amplified demand variability upstream. In part, this results in increasing swings in inventory in response to shifts in consumer demand as one moves further up the supply chain. The concept first appeared in Jay Forrester's Industrial Dyna

Sales and operations planning (S&OP) is a business management planning process that integrates demand forecasting with supply planning to create a plan that attempts to balance demand with available resources.