sentences:  This means that an institution involved in the chain, may it be a consumer, producer or the ones in between, have to bear the risk.In addition to this, Bucklin also claimed that inventories might be ineffective due to postponement, meaning there is no need to use forces for the stock.. To solve the problem Bucklin developed ±the speculation concept for the aim of creating the speculation-postponement strategy.Speculation allowed for orders of large quantities of goods, which already cuts the costs in transportation and sorting.