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Push/Pull Ans: push- consumer demand is known and expected pull-activated by consumer demand offshoring Ans: when a company moves manufacturing out of its home country to another country outsourcing Ans: when a company contracts an outside firm to perform services that could be or were performed in house near sourcing Ans: a type of offshoring where the location of the manufacturing facility is relatively close to the location of the consumer friend shoring Ans: rerouting of supply chains yo countries perceived as politically and economically safe or low risk Bullwhip effect Ans: phenomenon in supply chain management where small fluctuations in demand at the consumer level can lead to progressively larger fluctuations in demand further up the supply chain. causes of bullwhip Ans: order batching, price fluctuations, rationing, shortage gaming Rationing Ans: due to shortage buyer only g