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After watching this $5-$minute video from WSJ $-$ Why Everything Is On Sale: The Bullwhip Effect $-$ answer the following:

The chart showed that retailers traditionally balance $\_$ with $\_$ by maintaining a sales$/$inventory ratio of about

Now

that ratio is about $\_$ which means $\_\_$ inventory turnover. $16$

The bullwhip effect was demonstrated in the "leisure apparel" example by demand

through the supply chain and

when it was supposed to hit the store shelves. In the past, this type of inventory and the bullwhip effect have been fair

indicators for $\_\_$ but globalization has made it more difficult to forecast. Sales could mean good news because of

or bad news because of