Simulation Complete
Your Bullwhip Effect Summary
Here is a full analysis of how your ordering decisions across all 4 tiers created — and amplified — demand distortion throughout the supply chain.
Severe amplification
Factory Bullwhip Ratio
5.94x
Factory order variance ÷ customer demand variance
Peak Order Amplification
5.94x
Highest single-tier order amplification ratio
High service impact
Total Stockout Rounds
9
Rounds with zero inventory across all tiers
Max Inventory Swing
14 units
Peak minus minimum inventory — holding cost driver
Demand Distortion Across All Tiers
The characteristic bullwhip shape: a small customer demand step-change creates massive order swings upstream. Actual customer demand barely changed — but factory orders swung from 0 to 48 units.