Suppose that a firm incurs a demand variance of 400 units per week, and the variance of orders that it places equals 750 per week. What is the value of the bullwhip measure for this company?

What will be an ideal response?

Variance of orders / Variance of demand = 750 / 400 = 1.875 (so amplification is present)

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