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Today’s Supply-Chain Fluctuations Require Systemic Solutions

In this Harvard Business Review article, we discuss how today’s supply chains are in turmoil—much of which is caused by the responses of participants in the supply chain to wild swings in demand. The loads on supply chains surge, experience a period of lesser load, and then surge again because the supply chain are systems. This is known as the “bullwhip effect.”