What do coffee, ketchup, gasoline, wood pulp and rubber all have in common? These are items that have been identified to become less available in 2021. And why is that? It’s something called “The ...

One of the curses of the Great Supply Chain Disruption of 2020 was the phenomenon known as “the bullwhip effect.” It describes a series of events by which relatively small issues at the beginning of a ...

As the Port of Los Angeles announces (on June 10, 2021) that it is now the first port in the western hemisphere to process over 10 million containers over a one year period, one can’t help but wonder ...

Supply chain challenges are nothing new, but they are newly in the spotlight as massive consumer delays and shortages affect the shopping public. Impacted by everything from container shortages to ...

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If it seems like there are more sales lately, it’s because there are. General retailers are shedding excess inventory. Why? Just blame the bullwhip effect. WSJ’s Jon Hilsenrath explains what it is, ...

It's a supply chain problem, likely impacting your coronavirus pandemic shopping experience. "It's just unknown demand," says Jack Ampuja, the executive director of the Supply Chain Center of ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As a premier analytics solution provider, Quantzig has the responsibility to help businesses tackle demand-supply disruptions, especially at challenging times like these.

Statistical forecasting for operations management is running out of time. Latency in communicating demand variations, and the resulting amplification of the demand signal as it passes from one supply ...