Demand Sharing Inaccuracies in Supply Chains: A Simulation Study

Table 3

Model nomenclature.

Variables
	Order backlog
	Units/orders delivered
	Market demand
	Market demand forecast
	Inventory
	Work in progress
	Replenishment order quantity
Parameters
	Forecast smoothing factor
	Customer demand error factor
	Customer demand delay time
	Echelon in the serial system
	Total number of echelons
	Time horizon
	Safety stock factor
	Estimated pipeline time
	Order policy proportional controller
	Position of th echelon
Statistics
	Variance of the market demand
	Variance of the inventory
	Variance of the order quantity
	Market demand mean