Stability of the Supply Chain Using System Dynamics Simulation and the Accumulated Deviations from Equilibrium

Table 1

Current policy.

Parameter	Value	Unit
Manufacturing cycle time	8	Weeks
Inventory adjustment time	12	Weeks
Average duration of employment	100	Weeks
Average time to fill vacancies	8	Weeks
Labor adjustment time	19	Weeks
Vacancy adjustment time	4	Weeks
WIP adjustment time	6	Weeks
Minimum order processing time	2	Weeks
Safety stock coverage	2	Widgets