Your company manufactures and distributes a product for which an accurate forecast of demand from the final consumers cannot be derived. To address this, you are looking at the strategic redesign of your supply chain. What would be the design characteristics of a “responsive” supply chain? What actions could your company take along with its suppliers and distributors to improve the supply chain responsiveness to demand from the final consumers?

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A supply chain can be called responsive if it has the ability to respond purposefully and within an appropriate timeframe to customer requests or chan... View the full answer