The$$ do$-$it$-$yourselfer plucked a gallon can of base paint from the shelf of the local hardware store and handed it to$$ Keith, the cheerful clerk at the paint counter. Their eyes met briefly and the$$ do$-$it$-$yourselfer silently handed over sample$150$C$-1,$ Musical$$ Mist, to the clerk. It was impractical to keep several gallons of every possible color on the shelves at the hardware$$ store, so the paint manufacturer had created clever workaround. The workaround was a$$ computer$-$based system that added predetermined quantities of pigments to a gallon can of base paint depending on the desired$$ shade, in this$$ case, Musical Mist. The hardware store now needed to stock only the base$$ paint, this$$ machine, and a small supply of paint pigments in order to create the thousands of colors in its catalog.

This scenario is a prime example of

Part $2$

A$.$

$$vendor$-$managed inventory.

B$.$

drop shipping.

C$.$

the bullwhip effect.

D$.$

postponement.