What Is It Called When Distorted Product-Demand Information Ripples from One

question 137

Multiple Choice

What is it called when distorted product-demand information ripples from one partner to the next throughout the supply chain?

• A) Bullwhip effect
• B) Demand planning systems
• C) Supply chain planning systems
• D) Supply chain execution systems

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Definitions:

Matching Principle

An accounting principle that states expenses should be recognized in the same period as the revenue they helped generate.

Recorded

The act of entering financial transactions or information into accounting records.

Adjusting Entries

Entries made in the accounting records at the end of an accounting period to allocate incomes and expenses to the period in which they actually occurred.

Expense Accounts

Accounts used to record the consumption of economic benefits during the operational activities of a business.