Over the past six months, Wholesale Foods of Fresno has experienced a standard deviation of demand of 200 units. Standard deviation of its orders during that period was 300 units.
(a) What is the bullwhip measure for Wholesale Foods of Fresno?
(b) If Wholesale Foods of Fresno had made a perfect forecast of demand over the past 6 months and had decided to order 1/6 of that demand each month, what would its bullwhip measure have been?

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The Answer of Over the past six months, Wholesale Foods of Fresno has experienced a standard deviation of demand of 200 units. Standard deviation of its orders during that period was 300 units.
(a) What is the bullwhip measure for Wholesale Foods of Fresno?
(b) If Wholesale Foods of Fresno had made a perfect forecast of demand over the past 6 months and had decided to order 1/6 of that demand each month, what would its bullwhip measure have been?

Over the Past Six Months, Wholesale Foods of Fresno Has