Defeating the Bullwhip Effect in Forecasting | 2019-07-14 | SupplyChainBrain

Defeating the Bullwhip Effect in Forecasting

July 14, 2019

Lennert Smeets, product manager with OM Partners, discusses how the company addressed the issue of ensuring accurate forecasting throughout the order-fulfillment process -- thereby averting the "bullwhip effect."

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