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

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Percentage change in customer orders</td><td align="center">Sudden change (week)</td><td align="center">New EP for inventory (widgets)</td><td align="center">New EP for labor (people)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">−10%</td><td align="center">80</td><td align="center">84024</td><td align="center">1079</td></tr><tr><td align="left">−5%</td><td align="center">100</td><td align="center">88692</td><td align="center">1139</td></tr><tr><td align="left">+5%</td><td align="center">100</td><td align="center">98027</td><td align="center">1260</td></tr><tr><td align="left">+10%</td><td align="center">80</td><td align="center">102695</td><td align="center">1320</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

New EPs reached after the system was perturbed.

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Table 4: Stability of the Supply Chain Using System Dynamics Simulation and the Accumulated Deviations from Equilibrium 