Consider and discuss an area in your supply chain that could be subject to a bullwhip effect, give an example of how this can happen and provide ideas on how to mitigate the effect.
Bullwhip effect is a situation detected by the supply chain where orders sent to the manufacturer and supplier creates a larger variance than the sales to the end user. In other words it is a wrong representation of demand which in turn leads to excess inventory resulting into waste.
A good example was a misinformed market after a fire outbreak, caused by the use of imported electrical cables. The right information was, construction companies can use both local and foreign cables but the foreign/imported cables must be certified by a special body on standardization and there was never a barn against the use of imported cables.
The locally made Electrical cables were scarce because it was completely bought out of market. After a month the market was flooded with locally made cables which didn’t move or sold as expected.
This is a case of improper communication between each link or stake holders in the supply chain which has resulted into in accurate forecast, and such over reaction to demand expectation i.e. ordering too much and producing too much as well.
A proper understanding of this concept will always help business owners and managers avoid costly pitfalls and a better supply chain.
This can be avoided through proper dissemination of information and transparency with all stake holders.
 
 

@Nnzewi, I totally agree providing each stage of the supply chain with access to customer demand data and shared information can significantly mitigate the impact of the variations. However, in case when actual data entered to the point of sale is not available or is incomplete, then the data forecasting need to be considered to strengthen the shared knowledge and information upstream and downstream in the supply chain.
 In my view, the retailor in your example has also contributed to the excessive inventory by forecasting inaccurate demand in the market based on the uncertainty, unlike the manufacturer which is more likely made an informed and consistent forecast to the subsequent events occurred over specific period. The Bullwhip effect also could have been mitigated through reducing the time (response time) between the orders passed through the supply chain.
 In other words, the retailor could also modify the order based on actual data (so far entered the system) ahead of time (prior to end of event). A very good example shows that improvement of supply chain coordination can be achieved through sharing information in all tiers, as well as more effective and consistent forecasting, to speed communications and improve response time.

I know why it USED to have effect costs.
You had to give up something to get something, it was literally a cost.
Your better cards required more of a sacrifice.

Costs now are not costs, and thats a problem.
Everything thats disguised as a cost is really a benefit.
An effect requires you discard to the Graveyard?
No problems, this archetype exclusively uses graveyard effects
Spending Lifepoints?
Well gain more back than you spent
This card tells me that everything I lost to gain an advantage in this duel is going to come back again after I already used it

sigh
Thats what makes this game really degenerate.
Theres is no actual penalty for using a long chain of cards and efffects.
Every archetype has a built in recovery for its own weakness.

Yu-Gi-Oh Pay 10 to recieve 30

I can see this effect being quite real. You all know the well loved plane scene from TDKR, the big scene 4U?

Turns out its memetic, plane crashing origins goes as far back as to the original 1933 King Kong.

If it really is ME3:
God Damnit There goes again atleast 60 hours of my life

And if it really isnt ME3, i really hope they still do game about Mass Effect world; but not MMO... We have already enough of those around.